CLEVELAND, Ohio – Senior Ben O'Neill, sophomore Mark Mizsei, and freshman Matheus Rinaldi led the way for the St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team in a 200-100 loss at Cleveland State. The meet began on Friday evening and continued through Saturday afternoon.
 
O'Neill found early success on Friday, winning the 3-meter dive with a score of 327.45, defeating his competition by over 25 points. He also tabbed a second-place finish from the 1-meter board, scoring 298.80 points.
 
Rinaldi also had a hot start, placing second in the 1650-free on Friday with a time of 15:56.52. He would continue on to win the 500-free on Saturday, clocking in at 4:43.68.
 
Mizsei collected two event wins, pacing the field with a time of 1:49.55 in the 200-free before capturing a victory in the 100-fly with a mark of 49.37.
 
Freshman Emanuele Zingaro and junior Joseph Pyon finished back-to-back in the 50-free, giving Bona's two podium spots in the event. Zingaro tabbed a time of 21.38 and Pyon followed him closely with a mark of 21.43.
 
Senior Luigi Termine turned in another good performance in the 100-back, placing second with a time of 50.90 and narrowly missing out on first place.
 
Other Bonnies with strong appearances were freshman David Mutter, who earned second place in the 200-free with a mark of 1:44.46, and junior Kevyn Collazo Torres, who collected a second-place finish of his own in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.62.
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"We raced well, but raced tired. We showed some things that I like to see, and we look forward to coming back to Cleveland State in midseason and seeing how we stack up in a championship format. Cleveland State is always well-coached and is a great competitor. We are excited to see them again at the Magnus Cup in November."
 
UP NEXT
Bona's returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 1 as the team will go on the road to match up against Niagara.
 
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