LEWISBURG, Pa. – Junior
Elijah Lanfear was a triple winner while senior
Eric Kroon and freshman
Haley Nowak each won two individual events, highlighting the Binghamton swimming & diving teams' performances at the Bucknell Fall Invitational on Saturday afternoon at the Kinney Natatorium. The Bearcat women won the three-team meet while the men finished second.
Lanfear captured the men's 100 back (49.59), 200 free (1:40.89) and 50 free (20.57). He also swam on the first-place 200 free relay team which included seniors
Sandon Karinsky and
Henry Shemet as well as sophomore
Liam Preston and clocked a winning time of 1:22.10.
Kroon swept the men's 100 breast (56.26) and 200 breast (2:06.34) while Nowak took top honors in the women's 100 fly (57.13) and 200 fly (2:05.52).
The men's team's other individual winner was Shemet, who tied for first in the 100 free (45.58).
There were six other Binghamton individual winners on the women's side, including sophomore
Maria Pignatelli in the 100 breast (1:04.38), senior
Maddie Hoover in the 100 free (52.91) and fellow senior
Molly Greeley in the 50 free (24.03). The three of them, along with freshman
Ava Olsian, were also first in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:36.18.
Junior
Lauren Kuzma won the women's 200 breast (2:20.79), freshman
Juliette Phillips was first in the 200 IM (2:07.84) and sophomore
Olivia Philbrick captured the 100 back (56.73).
"I thought we built on our momentum from the Green-White Meet two weeks ago." head coach
Jerry Cummiskey said. "We swam well and competed well today and learned a lot., especially since we had a lot of swimmers race in different events than they normally do."
Up next for Binghamton is a Friday afternoon dual meet at Holy Cross, starting at 5 p.m. The following day, the Bearcats head to Bryant for an 11 a.m. meet.
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