PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team posted a 183-111 win over Fordham on Saturday afternoon on the campus of Rutgers, led by multi-win performances from sophomore Grant Chapa and freshman Emanuele Zingaro.
 
Chapa earned his first gold medal of the day in the 100-back, recording a time of 49.96. He followed that up by winning the 200-back with a time of 1:52.33. Senior Luigi Termine trailed Chapa closely in both events, collecting two second-place finishes.
 
Zingaro also collected two victories, earning his first in the 50-free after finishing in 20.61. He then paced the field in the 100-free with a time of 45.96.
 
Furthering the Bonnies' freestyle success was freshman David Mutter, who touched the wall in 1:40.65 to secure a triumph in the 200-free. He also posted a second-place finish in the 100-fly, recording a time of 49.30.
 
Bona's 200-medley relay team found the top podium spot after Chapa, Mutter, Blaise Sadowski, and Joseph Pyon combined for a mark of 1:30.80, scoring the win over Fordham's mark of 1:31.09.
 
Pyon's second win of the meet came in the 100-fly as he recorded a mark of 48.85. He also touched the wall in 20.99 to earn bronze in the 50-free.
 
Sophomore Mark Mizsei improved upon his runner-up from earlier in the week at Penn State by posting a win in the 200-fly after touching the wall in 1:48.25. Bonaventure swept the podium in the event as freshman Willyan Haruo Matana (1:51.18) and senior Boray Goren (1:54.43) took second and third respectively.
 
In the 200-breast, sophomore Connor Peck set the winning time as he posted a mark of 2:06.81. He also notched an effort of 4:08.50 to secure third in the 400-IM.
 
The Bonnies also jumped to the top of the board when freshman Matheus Rinaldi finished the 500-free in 4:37.34. He was trailed by junior Johnny Edwards, who took third place with a mark of 4:39.25. Edwards also collected a second-place finish in the 1000-free, pacing all Bonaventure swimmers in the event and finishing in 9:33.22.
 
Senior diver Ben O'Neill earned two runner-up finishes, scoring a 315.20 on the 3-meter board and a 315.10 on the 1-meter board. Freshman Brady Huettl followed O'Neill with third place on both boards, scoring 284.75 on the 1-meter and 312.00 in 3-meter competition.
 
Other Bonnies turning in strong performances were junior Kevyn Collazo Torres, who placed second in both the 200-free (1:42.15) and the 400-IM (4:06.47), and senior Mark Polos, who was runner-up in the 100-breast (57.47) and third in the 200-breast (2:07.85). Senior Will Foggin also picked up a third-place finish in the 1000-free (9:39.86), and junior Carlos Hidalgo registered a third-place performance in the 100-free (47.26).
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"I challenged our guys after the meet at Penn State. We didn't have championship-caliber energy, discipline or fight. Today, we did, and we took care of business against a very good and well-coached Fordham team. This was the right way to respond after Thursday."
 
UP NEXT
SBU will be well-rested as the squad will not compete again until Friday, Oct. 24 at Cleveland State.
 
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