LEWISTON, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team continued its strong early-season form with multiple individual wins and a series of close finishes in a competitive matchup at Niagara on Saturday.

The Purple Eagles prevailed in the team standings, however, by a 168-94 margin. 

Junior Anna Bojana Forjan led the way once again for the Bonnies, posting a victory in the 100-backstroke (55.91) and finishing runner-up in the 200-back (2:00.13) and 200-individual medley (2:08.23). Senior Katie Beyer continued her steady form, placing second in the 200-freestyle (1:52.99) and fifth in the 200-back (2:06.64).

Freshman Kate Hill added to her breakout season as the two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week placed second in the 100-freestyle (52.37) and third in the 50-free (24.07), while also anchoring the Bonnies' 400-freestyle relay that took second in 3:29.15.

Freshman Sophie Baker grabbed a runner-up finish in the 100-butterfly (57.35) and added third-place efforts in both the 50-free (24.08) and 100-free (52.59). Nele Vetter earned a second-place mark in the 200-fly (2:07.17) and contributed to relay points as well.

In the breaststroke, sophomore Sarah Gonzalez paced the Bonnies with second in the 100-breast (1:06.58) and fourth in the 200-breast (2:27.81), followed closely in both events by Katie Lyons (1:08.60, 2:28.31) and Paris Christie (1:08.25, 2:31.17).

The 200-medley relay of Baker, Forjan, Vetter, and Hill took second with a 1:45.29 finish, while the second relay (Colon, Christie, M. Hill, Sadowski) earned fourth with a 1:47.39 finish to collect valuable points.

The Bonnies were strong in the distance events, led by sophomore Samantha Schnappauf, who finished second in the 1000-freestyle (10:24.57) and again took runner-up in the 500-free (5:03.43). Junior Alessandra Ren placed fourth in both distance races (10:35.83/5:08.95), while freshman Cameron Darnell added depth with top-five finishes in the 1000 (10:42.64) and 500 (5:14.69).

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"We're very happy with how we are racing during a tough training block. I think we have put enough money in the bank for us to have some great performances at the Magnus Cup and against Atlantic 10 competition."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies return home next weekend for their first meet at the Reilly Center Pool this season.

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