ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team put together a commanding all-around performance for their season's first victory, defeating Canisius, 233-67, Friday night at the Reilly Center Pool.

Junior Anna Bojana Forjan set the tone early for the Bonnies, helping lead the winning 200-medley relay (1:44.58) and later capturing individual victories in the 200-freestyle (1:53.77) and 200-backstroke (2:03.28). She capped her day by anchoring the winning 200-freestyle relay (1:36.03), teaming with Sophie Baker, Kate Hill, and Maris Sadowski.

Freshman Kate Hill continued her breakout campaign, taking first in both the 50-free (24.17) and 100-free (52.92) while contributing to both relay wins. Sophie Baker also had a standout meet, claiming first in the 100-backstroke (56.15) and 100-butterfly (58.09) in addition to swimming key legs on the victorious relays.

In the distance events, Phoebe McClaren paced the field in the 1000-free (10:35.58) with teammates Samantha Schnappauf (10:38.81) and Cameron Darnell (10:44.32) sweeping the top three spots. Alessandra Ren (5:12.58), Katie Beyer (5:16.42), and Nele Vetter (5:20.01) repeated the sweep later in the 500-free.

The Bonnies' depth showed throughout the meet, including a podium sweep in the 200-fly, led by Vetter (2:09.34), Grace Purtell (2:11.65), and Caroline Murray (2:12.92). Mia Hill took top honors in the 200-individual medley (2:11.36), followed closely by Grace and Zoe Purtell in second and third, respectively.

Junior Sarah Gonzalez led the way in the breaststroke, winning both the 100 (1:08.14) and 200 (2:28.89). Teammates Paris Christie and Katie Lyons added top-five finishes in both events to secure more Bona points.

On the boards, the Bonnies swept both diving events behind Dhavgely Mendoza, who took first on the 1-meter (268.73) and 3-meter (268.73). Freshmen Lia Doskoris (239.33/263.78) and Paige Gandolfini (204.23/219.90) finished second and third in both events to complete the diving sweep.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"This was a dominant win. Each week our women get better and better. We are swimming with confidence and energy. We have high aspirations to finish in the top of the A-10 this year and I think with how we keep getting better every week, we can do something special with this group."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies return to Cleveland for the Magnus Cup, kicking off on November 20th.

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