HAMILTON, N.Y. – Binghamton posted five double-event winners, highlighting its swimming & diving dual meet at Colgate on Friday evening. The Bearcat men defeated the host Raiders 229-61 while the women lost 168-131.
On the men's side, sophomore
Elijah Lanfear swept the 100 fly (49.62) and 200 fly (1:57.31) and was part of both first-place relays. The 400 medley relay team also included juniors
Jake Vecchio,
Xiaoyu Lin and
Travis Phillips and clocked a time of 3:29.15. The 400 free relay quartet, which also included senior
Ryan Maierle as well as juniors
Henry Shemet and
Liam Murphy recorded a time of 3:06.20.
The two other men's double winners were freshman
Liam Preston in the 200 free (1:42.72) and 200 back (1:57.46) and senior
Ryan Cohn in both the one-meter diving event (278.38) and three-meter competition (258.90). For the season, Cohn has now won five of the six diving events he has entered.
There were six other individual winners on the men's side for Binghamton. They included senior
Zachary Ciriaco (1000 free – 10:16.49), junior
George Kipshidze (100 free – 47.92), junior
Eric Kroon (100 breast – 58.46), senior
Matthew Palguta (500 free – 4:59.12), senior
Justin Meyn (200 IM – 1:58.88) and Lin (200 breast – 2:15.33).
Junior
Courtney Moane and freshman
Elizabeth Tirado were the Bearcats' double-event winners on the women's side. Moane swept the 100 breast (1:06.27) and the 200 breast (2:26.08) while Tirado captured the one-meter diving event (217.80) and the three-meter competition (207.08).
Other winners on the women's side included freshman
Olivia Philbrick in the 100 back (59.30) and fellow freshman
Celia Webster in the 200 back (2:08.72).
Binghamton returns home to face Bryant on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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