HAMILTON, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team earned a second-place finish at the Colgate Invitational, finishing just 11 points behind first-place Colgate. The Bonnies beat out Atlantic 10 Conference foe Massachusetts as well as Saint Francis and Le Moyne.
  
The Brown and White collected 10 victories over the two-day event with senior Halle Myers, sophomore Anna Bojana Forjan, and freshman Phoebe McClaren leading the way.
 
McClaren started the meet out strong, tallying a win in the 1650-free with a time of 17:13.17. Fellow first-year Bonnie Alessandra Haas Ren followed her with a time of 17:56.59.
 
McClaren also posted a victory in the 500-free, touching the wall in 5:10.40.
 
Myers recorded three individual triumphs as well as two relay victories, adding to her spectacular senior campaign. A time of 23.95 earned her the win in the 50-free, while a finish of 52.51 in the 100-free put her at the top of the podium. She claimed victory in the 100-fly as well.
 
Bojana Forjan tallied wins in the 100-back (57.75) and the 200-back (2:05.19).
 
Ellie Kraus earned a second-place finish in the 100-free followed by grad student Amy O'Rourke, who rounded out a sweep of the podium for St. Bonaventure in the event. Kraus also finished third in the 50-freestyle behind Myers.
 
Bojana Forjan, Sarah Gonzalez, Myers, and Kraus combined for a time of 3:49.85 in the 400-medley relay for a win.
 
Myers, Bojana Forjan,  O'Rourke, and Kraus also earned a first-place finish for the Bonnies in the 400-free relay with a time of 3:31.80.

The Bonnies scored their first team win over UMass since the Colgate Invitational in the 2017-18 season.

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"This was, in my opinion, the best meet our women have had in my time here. We are coming off the toughest training week we have had this season and we responded well. This is an enormous step for our women to start to realize the hard work we have put in to rebuild into an eventual championship contender and be a force in February." 

UP NEXT
The Bonnies travel to Le Moyne for a dual meet Saturday, Oct. 19.
 
BONNIES RESULTS
 
1650 FREE
1. Phoebe McClaren 17:13.17
2. Alessandra Haas Ren 17:56.59
 
400 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Anna Bojana Forjan, Sarah Gonzalez, Halle Myers, Ellie Kraus 3:49.85
3. Daciana Colon, Anna Beth Blankenship, Nele Vetter, Amy O'Rourke 3:59.34
 
200 FREE
2. Nele Vetter 1:56.56
3. Kathryn Beyer 1:56.67
8. Phoebe McClaren 1:59.10
 
100 BACK
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 57.75
2. Daciana Colon 58.37
4. Kathryn Beyer 1:00.05
 
100 BREAST
5. Sarah Gonzalez 1:08.22
 
200 FLY
6. Nele Vetter 2:13.06
8. Caroline Murray 2:16.81
 
50 FREE
1. Halle Myers 23.95
3. Ellie Kraus 24.61
6. Maris Sadowski 25.06
8. Amy O'Rourke 25.15
9. Anna Bojana Forjan 25.21
10. Caitlyn Clements 25.25
 
100 FREE
1. Halle Myers 52.51
2. Ellie Kraus 52.62
3. Amy O'Rourke 54.17
5. Hana Wienckowski 54.71
9. Maris Sadowski 55.39
 
200 BACK
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:05.19
3. Daciana Colon 2:08.42
4. Kathryn Beyer 2:09.75
 
200 BREAST
6. Sarah Gonzalez 2:228.85
 
500 FREE
1. Phoebe McClaren 5:10.40
3. Alessandra Haas Ren 5:13.80
6. Nele Vetter 5:17.84
7. Kathryn Beyer 5:19.62
 
100 FLY
1. Halle Myers 57.13
6. Nele Vetter 59.32
9. Amy O'Rourke 59.64
 
200 IM
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:10.28
6. Phoebe McClaren 2:14.48
 
400 FREE RELAY
1. Halle Myers, Anna Bojana Forjan, Amy O'Rourke, Ellie Kraus 3:31.80
 
1-METER DIVE
6. Sanaiya Joefield 209.25
 
3-METER
3. Sanaiya Joefield 227.05

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