ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team produced an all-around stellar performance on Saturday against Colgate at the Reilly Center Pool for Senior Day, posting multiple pool records and full podium sweeps alongside 15 event wins.
 
Prior to the meet, St. Bonaventure swimming and diving honored 15 student-athletes set to graduate in the Class of 2026. Six of those seniors are on the men's side: Will Foggin, Boray Goren, Ben O'Neill, Mark Polos, Luigi Termine and Henry Wilkes were all recognized.
 
Freshman Emanuele Zingaro led the charge for the Bonnies as he collected individual event wins in both the 100-free (45.29) and 50-free (20.18), which were both new pool records. The Bonnies filled all three podium spots in the 50-free with junior Joseph Pyon taking second (20.75) and junior Paul Wissel placing third (21.77). Junior Kevyn Collazo Torres trailed Zingaro in the 100-free, finishing as the runner-up with a time of 46.43.
 
Pyon and Collazo Torres each claimed victories and set pool records of their own.

Pyon's mark of 47.85 earned him a win in the 100-fly, where he was followed by Wilkes in second place (50.44) and junior Carlos Hidalgo in third (50.56). Collazo Torres posted a winning time of 1:51.55 in the 200-IM and was backed by sophomores Grant Chapa (1:55.65) and Connor Peck (1:59.77) in second and third place, respectively.
 
Sophomore Mark Mizsei also found plenty of individual success, claiming event wins in both the 200-fly (1:45.63) and 500-free (4:33.45). His 200-fly time set a new pool record, and he was trailed directly by freshman David Mutter (1:49.15). Freshman Matheus Rinaldi (4:36.22) and Foggin (4:41.66) placed second and third in the 500-free for another clean podium sweep.
 
The final Bonaventure podium sweep in individual events came during the 200-breast as Polos (2:05.75) paced the field, followed by freshman Marcos Bravo (2:09.58) and Peck (2:10.20). Bravo also earned a win in the 100-breast (56.80).
 
Goren built a successful Senior Day with a first-place finish in the 400-IM as he clocked in at 4:04.87 for his final home performance.
 
The Bonnies found even more success in backstroke events as Wilkes took the win in the 100-back (51.22), followed up closely by Termine (51.25), a fellow senior. In the 200-back, sophomores Grant Chapa (1:51.59) and Quinn Borchers (1:56.93) placed first and second, respectively.
 
Sophomore Mark Cattron gave the Brown and White a final podium placement in individual competition after he grabbed second place in the 200-free (1:43.12).

The 200-medley relay team of Termine, Pyon, Zingaro and freshman Blaise Sadowski clocked in at 1:30.03, good for first place and a new pool record. They were pursued by Chapa, Bravos, Mutter and Hidalgo in second place (1:31.03). Wilkes, Polos, Goren and Wissel completed the sweep with a mark of 1:32.68.

In the 200-free relay, Hidalgo, Pyon, Wissel and Zinagro took the victory, clocking in at 1:21.79 for a new pool record.

SBU also enjoyed a solid day from the diving boards as O'Neill and freshman Brady Huetll took first and second place from both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. O'Neill scored 400.05 points from the 1-meter board which set new program and pool records, notching 378.15 points from the 3-meter board to complete the diving sweep. Huetll tallied 319.05 points from the 1-meter board which qualified him for NCAA Diving Zones. He also posted 318.75 points from three meters. 

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"Outstanding performances from the men today. We have a lot of great seniors who helped build this championship-caliber culture we are seeing this year. Many pool records were broken. There was a great crowd and we are grateful for the support of the Bonaventure community."

"If we stay confident, united and unflappable under pressure, we can be a force at A-10 Championships in a month. I'm very proud of this group." 

UP NEXT
St. Bonaventure will have one more tune-up meet before Atlantic 10 Championships as they head to the Cavalier Invite in Virginia Feb. 5-7. 
 
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