HAMILTON, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team closed out the dual meet portion its schedule Saturday afternoon at Colgate. The Bonnies dropped a hard-fought battle to the Raiders, 155-144, despite eight event wins including three from Halle Myers.
 
Myers touched the wall first in the 50 (23.78) and 100-freestyle (52.52) as well as the 100-fly (56.95).
 
Diver Dhavgely Mendoza continued a great start to her collegiate career with another sweep on the boards. Mendoza posted a 296.85 on the 1-meter and 319.05 on the 3-meter.
 
Mendoza's scores in both events qualify her for NCAA Zones.
 
In the 1000-freestyle, Nele Vetter picked up the first win of the afternoon for the Bonnies. Vetter went 10:45.86 to claim victory.
 
Vetter earned a runner-up finish in the 200-fly as well, touching the wall in 2:10.77.
 
Sophomore Anna Bojana Forjan picked up a pair of wins to add to the Bonnies points total. The sophomore finished with a time of 57.87 in the 100-backstroke and 2:08.69 in the 200-IM.
 
Bojana Forjan also recorded a second-place finish in the 200-backstroke (2:05.54).
 
Kathryn Lyons and Kathryn Beyer recorded second-place finishes in the 200-breast (2:29.02) and 500-free (5:16.86).
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"The divers did great. It is the first time in a very long time we have qualified a diver for the women to zones, so it is a big day. Sanayia Joefield also had arguably her best meet of the year and scored a lot of points for the team."
 
"It was a tough loss for the women. A huge credit to  the Colgate women's team; they really swam tough and showed they wanted to win and came to race. We have about 20 percent of our women's roster out with injuries or a stomach bug going around. We are looking forward to the four weeks before Atlantic 10 Conference Championships to get healthy."
 
BONNIES RESULTS
 
400 MEDLEY RELAY
2. Anna Bojana Forjan, Sarah Gonzalez, Halle Myers, Ellie Kraus 3:53.90
3. Eylul Alli, Anna Beth Blankenship, Amy O'Rourke, Caitlyn Clements 4:06.26
 
1000 FREE
1. Nele Vetter 10:45.86
3. Alessandra Haas Ren 11:02.07
 
200 FREE
3. Ellie Kraus 1:58.38
4. Kathryn Beyer 1:58.63
7. Maris Sadowski 2:05.00
 
100 BACK
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 57.87
2. Daciana Colon 59.49
4. Maggie Holst 1:01.58
6. Eylul Alli 1:03.21
 
100 BREAST
4. Sarah Gonzalez 1:09.73
5. Anna Beth Blankenship 1:11.75
7. Paris Christie 1:15.69
8. McKenna Shearing 1:16.07
 
200 FLY
2. Nele Vetter 2:10.77
4. Caroline Murray 2:15.99
 
50 FREE
1. Halle Myers 23.78
4. Caitlyn Clements 25.36
6. Maris Sadowski 25.54
 
100 FREE
1. Halle Myers 52.52
3. Ellie Kraus 53.38
4. Amy O'Rourke 54.34
 
200 BACK
2. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:05.54
4. Kathryn Beyer 2:11.15
6. Eylul Alli 2:16.82
 
200 BREAST
2. Kathryn Lyons 2:29.02
3. Sarah Gonzalez 2:29.52
6. Paris Christie 2:46.66
 
500 FREE
2. Kathryn Beyer 5:16.86
4. Nele Vetter 5:20.00
6. Alessandra Haas Ren 5:24.36
 
100 FLY
1. Halle Myers 56.95
4. Amy O'Rourke 1:00.09
5. Caroline Murray 1:02.07
 
200 IM
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:08.69
6. Kathryn Lyons 2:17.67
7. Maggie Holst 2:23.70
 
200 FREE RELAY
2. Ellie Kraus, Caitlyn Clements, Maris Sadowski, Amy O'Rourke 1:38.27
3. Sarah Gonzalez, Kathryn Beyer, Anna Beth Blankenship, Caroline Murray 1:41.90
 
1 METER DIVE
1. Dhavgely Mendoza 296.85
3. Sanayia Joefield 252.08
 
3 METER DIVE
1. Dhavgely Mendoza 319.05
2. Sanayia Joefield 263.40
 
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