Swimming Diving Sweeps Le Moyne in Season-Opening Meet

9/26/2024 4:00:00 PM | By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Bearcat men win 243-57, women record 234-66 victory

VESTAL, N.Y. – Senior Elijah Lanfear won three individual events and Binghamton posted three other double-event winners, highlighting its sweep over Le Moyne in a swimming & diving dual meet on Saturday afternoon at the Saunders Aquatic Center. The Bearcat men defeated the Dolphins 243-57 while the women's squad took a 234-66 decision.

Lanfear captured the men's 200 free (1:42.94), 50 free (21.21) and 50 fly (22.29). He also swam on the first-place 200 medley relay team along with fellow senior Max Kaback, sophomore Will Fanning and freshman Evan Peters. The Bearcat quartet clocked a winning time of 1:34.14.

Kaback also won the 50 back (24.92), Fanning captured the 50 breast (27.12) while Peters took top honors in the 100 back (52.67). Peters also anchored the first-place 400 free relay team which included sophomore Cullin Cole, fellow freshman William Deutmeyer and junior Liam Preston. Their first-place time was 1:24.89.

Preston was the other double-event winner on the men's side, placing first in both the 100 fly (51.93) and 100 free (46.74).

Other first place finishers on the men's side included junior David Marshall in the one-meter diving (249.00), sophomore Harrison Lambert in the 1000 free (9:45.73), freshman Tyler Schultz in the 100 breast (58.60), freshman Logan Shriver in the 500 free (4:48.46), freshman Jacob Koclanis in the three-meter diving competition (248.55) and sophomore Julius Tuguinay in the 200 IM (1:59.05).

On the women's side, juniors Maria Pignatelli and Celia Webster each won a pair of individual events. Pignatelli swept the 50 free (25.12) and the 100 free (54.56) while Webster was first in the 100 back (1:01.17) and 200 IM (2:16.03).

Webster and Pignatelli also swam on the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:50.10) that included sophomore Haley Nowak and senior Lauren Kuzma. In addition, Pignatelli and Nowak were on the winning 200 free relay team that included freshman Rihanna Cordero and sophomore Juliette Phillips (1:41.88).

Phillips went on to win the 200 free (2:00.61) while Kuzma was first in the 100 breast (1:06.34) and Nowak won the 50 fly (27.08).

Other individual winners on the women's side included freshman Grace Vogt in the 50 back (28.07), graduate student Courtney Moane in the 50 breast (30.63), freshman Emily Chung in the 100 fly (59.26), graduate student Kylie McKee in the one-meter diving event (230.85), freshman Natalie Kassirer in the 500 free (5:15.93) and junior Elizabeth Tirado in the three-meter diving competition (246.00).

Up next for Binghamton is a two-day home dual meet against Bryant Oct. 18-19.

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