By: Emily Blount, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant
BUFFALO —The St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team picked up a convincing win over Canisius on Tuesday evening as nine event wins catapulted the Bonnies to a 152-75 win over the Golden Griffins.
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To start the night, the 200-medley relay team of
Luigi Termine Knute Wargin,
Sam Matthews and
Carlos Hidalgo posted a time of 1:33.13 to tally the first event win for the Bonnies.Â
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Matthews also picked up a win in the 50-freestyle and took second in the 100-butterfly.Â
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Senior
Maxwell Murray earned two event wins of his own in the 200-freestyle and 100-backstroke: He recorded a time of 1:41.91 in the 200-free and clocked in at 51.02 in the 100-back where he was just ahead of teammate
Alexander Behr who was second at 51.03.
The Bonnies swept the podium in the 200-free as
Tanner Falls (1:42.45) and Behr (1:43.29) were second and third respectively.
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Nicholas Nakaya picked up another Bona win in the 200-IM with a time of 1:56.54.Â
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Grad students
Tanner Falls (46.26) and
Joshua Bannon (4:51.15) picked up individual event victories in the 100-freestyle and 500-freestyle respectively.Â
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To cap off a dominant night for Bona's, the 200-freestyle relay of Falls,
Alexander Behr,
Henry Wilkes,
Tommy White finished in 1:25.35 to earn another win.Â
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In diving action,
Ben O'Neill earned victory in the 1-meter dive with a score of 247.13.Â
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Tuesday's meet concludes the 2023 portion of the Bonnies schedule. Bona's divers return to action on Jan. 12 at the Buffalo Diving Invitational. The next full team event is scheduled for Jan. 27 in the RC pool against Canisus for Senior Day.Â
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BONNIES RESULTSÂ
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200 MEDLEY RELAYÂ
1.
Luigi Termine,
Knute Wargin,
Sam Matthews,
Carlos Hidalgo 1:33.13
4.
Henry Wilkes,
Teddy Murphey,
Boray Goren,
Zachary Titus 1:37.54
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1000 FREE
2.
Will Foggin 10:22.93
4.
Jaxon Kaster 10:38.08
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200 FREE
1.
Maxwell Murray 1:41.91
2.
Tanner Falls 1:42.45
3.
Alexander Behr 1:43.29
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50 FREE
1.
Sam Matthews 20.94
2.
Carlos Hidalgo 21.68
5.
Tommy White 22.18
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200 IMÂ
1.
Nicholas Nakaya 1:56.54
2.
Kevyn Collazo Torres 1:57.11
5.
Michael Pietrucha 2:00.78
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1M DIVE
1.
Ben O'Neill 247.13
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100 FLYÂ
2.
Sam Matthews 51.52
3.
Henry Wilkes 52.02
4.
Andrew Ketler 52.08
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100 FREE
1.
Tanner Falls 46.24
2.
Carlos Hidalgo 49.30
4.
Zachary Titus 49.62
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100 BACKÂ
1.
Maxwell Murray 51.02
2.
Alexander Behr 51.03
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500 FREE
1. Josh Bannon 4:51.15
2.
Johnny Edwards 4:55.92
4.
Will Foggin 5:00.15
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3M DiveÂ
1.
Ben O'Neill 282.75
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100 BREASTÂ
2.
Knute Wargin 59.09
3.
Nicholas Nakaya 59.22
5.
Teddy Murphey 1:00.03
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200 FREE RELAYÂ
1.
Tanner Falls,
Alexander Behr,
Henry Wilkes,
Tommy White 1:25.35
3.
Boray Goren,
Luigi Termine,
Maxwell Murray,
Michael Pietrucha 1:28.69
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