GENEVA, Ohio – Ben Giera, Alexander Behr, and Maxwell Murray each made a trip to the podium for the St. Bonaventure University men's swimming and diving team on the final night of the Atlantic 10 Championships at SPIRE Institute.

The Bonnies finished sixth in the team standing with a total score of 357. George Washington earned A-10 team title honors (783), followed by George Mason (507.5) and UMass (458).
 
Giera finished with a top score of 354.80 in the 3-meter dive to earn a gold medal.
 
The first-year diver gathered two medals at championships as he was a bronze medal winner in 1-meter dive on the second night of competition.
 
Fellow divers Lucas Dekaney (299.20), Davis Hutchinson (298.65), and Ben O'Neill (252.20) placed fifth, sixth, and 11^th in the 3-meter dive.
 
In the prelims of the 200-butterfly Saturday morning, Behr set the new A-10 conference meet and SPIRE pool record while notching a new St. Bonaventure top time of 1:44.91.
 
However, that record would not hold up for long as Connor Rodgers of George Washington registered a championship final time of 1:44.47 to set a new conference record later in the evening.
 
Behr notched a silver medal in the 200-butterfly final, registering a time of 1:45.41 and now owns the top two times in program history. He surpassed George Kalletta's time of 1:47.31 for second in the record book. Kalletta set his time at the 2020 A-10 Championships.
 
Murray earned a bronze medal and delivered a new program record in the mile, touching the wall in a time of 15:27.81. With his effort, he broke a school record which had stood for over 25 years as he overtook George Eversmann's 1997 mile time of 15:35.19.
 
The third-year distance swimmer ended championships with two medals and is now atop the record book in the 500-freestyle, 1000-freestyle, and 1650-freestyle.
 
Sophomore Mikolaj Synowiec moved into third-place in the program history in the mile with a time of 15:38.89, surpassing Ethan Rowan who swam a time of 15:42.16 back at the 2011 conference championships.
 
In the 200-backstroke consolation final, freshman Luigi Termine picked up a 14^th-place finish with a time of 1:48.05.
 
A trio of Bonnies competed in the consolation final of the 200-breaststroke (Nicholas Nakaya, Teddy Murphey, and Knute Wargin).
 
St. Bonaventure's 400-freestyle relay team of Behr, Murray, Kyle Gluck, and Patrick Heldreth ended the four-day competition with a sixth-place finish, swimming a time of 2:59.89.
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1.) George Washington 783  
2.) George Mason 507.5
3.) UMass 458
4.) Davidson 456.5 
5.) Fordham 408.5
6.) St. Bonaventure 357
7.) La Salle 278
8.) Saint Louis 188.5
 
BONNIES RESULTS
 
1650-Freestyle
3.) Maxwell Murray 15:27.81 (School Record)
5.) Mikolaj Synowiec 15:38.89
17.) Joshua Bannon 16:07.70
19.) Tomas Botero 16:13.11
20.) Knute Wargin 16:23.03
 
200-Backstroke
14.) Luigi Termine 1:48.05 (Consolation Final)
 
200-Breaststroke
11.) Nicholas Nakaya 2:01.62 (Consolation Final)
15.) Teddy Murphey 2:02.86 (Consolation Final)
16.) Knute Wargin 2:06.37 (Consolation Final)
 
200-Butterfly
2.) Alexander Behr 1:45.41 (Prelim Time: 1:44.91 – School Record)
 
3-Meter Dive
1.) Ben Giera 354.80
5.) Lucas Dekaney 299.20
6.) Davis Hutchinson 298.65
11.) Ben O'Neill 252.20 (Consolation Final)
 
400-Freestyle Relay
6.) Alexander Behr, Kyle Gluck, Maxwell Murray, Patrick Heldreth 2:59.89
 
 
 
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