YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Junior Henry Wilkes and freshman Mark Mizsei highlighted the St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving season-opening meet with a pair of wins apiece Friday night. 

YSU nipped the Bonnies in the final team score, 152-147.5. 
 
Wilkes led the way for Bona with a pair of wins in the 100-and 200-backstroke. A time of 51.10 gave him a win in the 100-yard event and 1:51.74 was victorious in the 200-back.
 
Wilkes also helped the 200-medley relay to a second-place finish along with Knute Wargin, Alexander Behr and Sam Matthews.

Mizsei made his collegiate debut in the meet, claiming a pair of wins in the 200-fly (1:51.40) and 500-freestyle (4:46.71).
 
Behr also had a successful night for St. Bonaventure touching the wall first in the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:42.89. Behr finished second in the 100-fly (50.14) and helped the 400-freestyle relay to a second-place finish.

Luigi Termine contributed to a 1-2 finish for Bona in the 100 and 200-backstroke, coming in as the runner-up to Wilkes with a times of 51.37 and 1:53.18 in either event.
 
Graduate transfer Aidan Kreiley made his St. Bonaventure debut, recording a pair of second-place finishes. The Dansville, N.Y. native finished in 57.56 in the 100-breast and 2:08.27 in the 200-breast for runner-up finishes in each event.
 
Matthews added to the points total for SBU, posting a win in the 100-freestyle (21.11).
 
Sophomore Kevyn Collazo Torres also had a win in the 200-IM (1:57.10).
 
The Bonnies make their home debut Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. Niagara as part of Alumni Appreciation Weekend at the Reilly Center Pool
 
QUOTES FROM COACH SMIECHOWSKI

"Good start to the season. Youngstown State is a very talented team that brought a lot of energy. This is one of the best Penguin teams they have had in a long time. This was a good test, exciting energy and a good sign of things to come."

"We would love to come away with a non conference dual meet win, but not at the expense of end of year performance. We swam through this meet well. Learned to race in a tough training cycle and nearly stole a win late."

"This was good for us. Learning how to swim with pressure and in tight races early with fatigue will give us confidence when it matters most at Atlantic 10 Championships."

BONNIES RESULTS
 
200-MEDLEY RELAY
2. Henry Wilkes, Knute Wargin, Alexander Behr, Sam Matthews 1:32.84
3. Luigi Termine, Aidan Kreiley, Mark Mizsei, Carlos Hidalgo 1:33.80
 
1000-FREE
2. Connor Peck 9:51.13
4. Mikolaj Synowiec 10:05.52
5. Will Foggin 10:09.95
 
200-FREE
1. Alexander Behr 1:42.89
5. Denton Smith 1:46.30
 
100-BACK
1. Henry Wilkes 51.10
2. Luigi Termine 51.37
 
100-BREAST
2. Aidan Kreiley 57.95
4. Knute Wargin 59.01
 
200-FLY
1. Mark Mizsei 1:51.40
3. Kevyn Collazo Torres 1:59.65
4. Boray Goren 2:01.48
 
50-FREE
1. Sam Matthews 21.11
6. Carlos Hidalgo 21.71
 
100-FREE
4. Sam Matthews 47.84
6. Carlos Hidalgo 48.61
 
200-BACK
1. Henry Wilkes 1:51.74
2. Luigi Termine 1:53.18
 
200-BREAST
2. Aidan Kreiley 2:08.37
4. Mark Polos 2:12.35
 
500-FREE
1. Mark Mizsei 4:46.71
5. Johnny Edwards 4:59.63
 
100-FLY
2. Alexander Behr 50.14
4. Henry Wilkes 51.67
 
200-IM
1. Kevyn Collazo Torres 1:57.10
4. Connor Peck 1:58.70
 
400-FREE RELAY
2. Alexander Behr, Carlos Hidalgo, Sam Matthews, Denton Smith 3:08.67
 

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