PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team will leave New Jersey with two wins and eight podium finishes following action vs. Fordham and host Rutgers Saturday afternoon. Junior Anna Bojana Forjan claimed another victory in the 100-backstroke (57.08) and freshman Kate Hill earned her first collegiate win in the 100-free (52.05).

In the team standings, the Bonnies scored 87.50 to Rutgers' 211.50 while keeping things close with Atlantic 10 foe Fordham, 158-142.

Forjan's 2:03.24 finish in the 200-backstroke was good for second place in the event, behind only Rutgers' Angelica Bath's 2:02.52.

Hill complemented her 100-free win with podium finishes for her contribution to the 200 medley relay (1:47.17 [23.59]) and 200 freestyle relay (1:37.49 [23.50]), as well as a tie for fourth in the 50-free (24.00).

The 200-medley relay of Forjan, Kate Hill, senior Sarah Gonzalez and freshman Sophie Baker and the 200-freestyle relay of Hill, Sophie Baker, sophomore Hana Wienckowski and senior Nele Vetter both placed third.

Senior Kathryn Beyer finished second in the 200-free with a 1:54.43 race while teammate Vetter touched the wall in fourth (1:56.40). Beyer also claimed a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard back (2:07.34). 

Freshmen Cameron Darnell's 1000-freestyle (10:38.52) and Mia Hill's 400-IM (4:39.46) finishes placed third for Bonnies podium tallies as well.

Alessandra Ren gave the Bonnies their top time in the 500-yard free and narrowly missed another podium finish as she claimed fourth at 5:11.16.

On the diving boards, sophomore Dhavgely Mendoza gave the Bonnies their top finish of fifth out of 13 scores in the 3-meter dive (286.10). 

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"Even though we came up just short, this was the best dual meet performance our women's team has had in my tenure. We came to compete with a top-four A10 team and challenged them until the final relay. We have a lot of momentum and need to keep riding this into A-10s in February. I couldn't be prouder of the women."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies have some time before they compete next, when they head to Cleveland State Oct. 24-25. 

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