ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive Senior Day featured a slew of season and pool bests Saturday morning in the Reilly Center Pool vs. Colgate.

Senior swimmers took the top spot in four races: Anna Forjan claimed the win in the 200-free (1:51.02), Paris Christie in the 100-breast (1:04.78), Kathryn Lyons in the 200-breast (2:22.87) and Nele Vetter in the 200-fly (2:06.03). The times recorded by Christie and Lyons represent Bonnies season bests.

Forjan paired her win with a second-place effort in the 200-back. Her 1:59.11 timed in just behind Colgate's MG King's. Kathryn Beyer's 1:54.19 finish in the 200-free and 5:07.62 in the 500-free were both good for second in the field, and Daciana Colon's 58.78 in the 100-back and 2:09.08 in the 200-back were good for third in each event.

Lyons complemented her 200-breast win with a third-place finish in the 100-breast (1:06.37) - a race fellow Bonnies senior Annabeth Blankenship took the second place spot in (1:06.04). Sarah Gonzalez (2:26.27) and Christie (2:26.67) held the second-and-third places in the 200-breast race for a senior sweep.

In similar fashion, the Bonnies swept the 100 and 50-free races: Freshman Kate Hill held the top mark in both races (22.63 and 51.90) with Vetter following (25.13 and 53.97). Maris Sadowski claimed third in the 50 (25.44) and Laila Chance in the 100 (54.02).

The freshman trio of Sophie Baker, Samantha Schnappauf and mid-year transfer Isabella Giupatto claimed first-place finishes of their own: Baker's 55.07 in the 100 Back, Schnappauf's 5:03.11 in the 500 Free and Giupatto's Bonnies debut of 55.62 in the 100-fly all led the pack. Baker and Giupatto's races were Bonnies season bests.

Sophomore Caroline Murray notched a second-place finish in the 200-fly (2:08.13), as did Freshman Zoe Purtell in the 100-fly (1:00.41). In the 200-IM, freshmen Mia Hill (2:11.99) and Cameron Darnell (2:12.22) claimed the second and third-place slots behind Colgate's Paige Fisher (2:08.83).

On the diving boards, Sophomore Dhavgely Mendoza claimed wins from both heights with scores of 309.15 from 1-meter and 325.58 from 3-meter. Lia Doskoris scored second from 1-meter (267.23) and third from 3-meter (316.05). Sarah Malcolm, also making her Bonnies debut, completed another Bona sweep from 1-meter (255.15), as did Paige Gandolfini from 3-meter (256.13).

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"Today was a special day; we got to send out the seniors with a dominant performance. This was the last group of seniors that didn't sign up to compete for me, but stuck it out to build the culture with me. Our dominant performance, energy and confidence displayed today is a reflection of their work done so far. It's been a great year for our women and a turning point for our program. We have one more month to keep the special season going."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies travel to the City of Bridges to face Atlantic 10 opponent Duquesne on Jan. 31.

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