ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure University men's swimming and diving team secured four event victories in a hard-fought battle against Cornell Saturday afternoon at the Reilly Center Pool.
 
Cornell picked up the dual meet victory, 148-95.
 
Prior to and during the meet, both the men's and women's teams sold pink gear to promote breast cancer awareness. All proceeds from the gear is being donated to the Pink Pumpkin Project in Olean.
 
To start off the meet, Bonnies junior diver Lucas Dekaney was victorious in the 1-meter dive with a score of 284.78, while freshman Ben Giera scored 281.18 for a second-place finish.
 
Giera registered a third-place finish in the 3-meter dive (295.95).
 
Sophomore Mikolaj Synowiec secured the first event victory Saturday afternoon for the Bonnies.
 
In the 1000-freestyle, Synowiec swam a time of 9:50.76 to claim the win. Fellow freshman Will Foggin finished third (10:20.90).
 
The first-year swimmer nearly pulled off his second victory of the afternoon in the 500-freestyle. He placed second with a time of 4:46.64, two-tenths of a second behind the winner.
 
St. Bonaventure notched another event victory, thanks to sophomore Alexander Behr who swam a time of 1:42.04 in the 200-freestyle. Tomas Botero placed third in this event (1:45.25).
 
Senior Nicholas Nakaya claimed a victory for the Brown and White in the 200-IM, touching the wall in a time of 1:56.38.
 
Nakaya touched the wall in a time of 2:11.21 to place second in the 200-breaststroke.
 
Junior Kyle Gluck picked a pair of second place finished in the 50-freestyle (21.47) and 100-freestyle (47.26), while freshman Henry Wilkes placed second in the 200-backstroke (1:54.06).
 
In the 200-backstroke Luigi Termine delivered a third-place finish, touching the wall in a time of 1:54.48.
 
St. Bonaventure concluded the meet with a third-place finish with a time of 1:26.51 from the 200-freestyle relay team of Gluck, Nicholas Torre, Patrick Heldreth, and Zachary Titus.
 
The Bonnies will once against compete in an invitational at Cleveland State on Thursday, Nov. 17 to Saturday, Nov. 19. The three-day meet is scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. each day.
 
BONNIES RESULTS
 
1-Meter Dive
1.) Lucas Dekaney 284.78
2.) Ben Giera 281.18
6.) Ben O'Neill 197.33
 
3-Meter Dive
3.) Ben Giera 295.95
4.) Lucas Dekaney 252.75
6.) Ben O'Neill 218.03
 
200-Medley Relay
4.) Zachary Titus, Knute Wargin, Tommy White, Nicholas Torre 1:37.32
5.) Mark Polos, Michael Pietrucha, Jaxon Kaster, Griffin Witte 1:40.58
 
1000-Freestyle
1.) Mikolaj Synowiec 9:50.76
3.) Will Foggin 10:20.90
4.) Joshua Bannon 10:26.99
 
200-Freestyle
1.) Alexander Behr 1:42.04
3.) Tomas Botero 1:45.25
6.) Jaxon Kaster 1:50.39
 
50-Freestyle
2.) Kyle Gluck 21.47
4.) Patrick Heldreth 21.89
5.) Zachary Titus 22.42
 
200-IM
1.) Nicholas Nakaya 1:56.38
5.) Boray Goren 1:59.27
6.) Michael Pietrucha 2:04.91
 
200-Butterfly
2.) Alexander Behr 1:51.56
5.) Jaxon Kaster 2:02.17
6.) Boray Goren 2:04.48
 
100-Freestyle
2.) Kyle Gluck 47.26
4.) Patrick Heldreth 47.65
6.) Alexander Behr 49.63
 
200-Backstroke
2.) Henry Wilkes 1:54.06
3.) Luigi Termine 1:54.48
6.) Mark Polos 2:04.55
 
500-Freestyle
2.) Mikolaj Synowiec 4:46.64
5.) Will Foggin 4:57.82
6.) Tomas Botero 4:58.03
 
200-Breaststroke
2.) Nicholas Nakaya 2:11.21
4.) Teddy Murphey 2:12.70
5.) Knute Wargin 2:15.74
 
200-Freestyle Relay
3.) Nicholas Torre, Kyle Gluck, Patrick Heldreth, Zachary Titus 1:26.51
5.) Henry Wilkes, Nicholas Nakaya, Tomas Botero, Boray Goren 1:29.12
6.) Luigi Termine, Mikolaj Synowiec, Michael Pietrucha, Knute Wargin 1:31.09
 

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