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Senior Day Sweep
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Swimming & Diving Sweeps Senior Day Meet

| By: David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu) and HaileySilberman (hsilber1@binghamton.edu)

Bearcat men’s win 210-81, women take 183.5-112.5 decision

VESTAL, N.Y. – Sophomore Harrison Lambert, senior Lauren Kuzma and junior Maria Pignatelli each won three individual events, leading Binghamton to a swimming & diving Senior Day sweep over Marist on Saturday afternoon at the Saunders Aquatic Center. In a meet that also featured six pool records, the Bearcat men defeated the Red Foxes 210-81 while the women were victorious by a 183.5-112.5 margin.

Lambert swept the 400 IM (3:58.18), the 200 fly (1:51.67) and the 500 free (4:34.56). His 400 IM time broke the previous pool record of 4:02.64, which was set by Pietro Ubertalli of Cornell in 2022. 

Kuzma tied for first with graduate student Courtney Moane in the 50 breast (29.66), won the 400 IM (4:30.01) and set the pool record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.78. In the process, she broke her 2023 mark of 2:17.25.

Pignatelli, meanwhile, captured the 50 free (23.74), 100 free (51.49) and 100 IM (57.84). 

Kuzma and Pignatelli also swam on the first-place 200 medley relay team that included freshman Grace Vogt and sophomore Haley Nowak and clocked a time of 1:45.06. Vogt went on to win the 50 back (27.72).

Winning two individual events in the men's competition were senior Elijah Lanfear and freshman Tyler Schultz. Lanfear swept the 50 free (20.60) and 100 free (44.69) while Schultz took top honors in the 50 breast (26.15) and the 100 IM (52.52). In the process, Lanfear broke his 100 free pool record of 45.30 that he set last year.

Lanfear also swam on the first-place 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams. Schultz, senior Max Kaback and junior Liam Preston joined him on the 200 medley relay team (1:31.16) while Preston, sophomore Cullin Cole, freshman Evan Peters combined with him to set the 400 free relay pool record with a time of 3:00.35. The previous mark of 3:01.74 was set by Binghamton in 2023.

Junior Elizabeth Tirado and freshman Leonor Coelho were the double event winners on the women's side. Tirado swept both diving events for the third time this season - with a one-meter score of 248.90 and a three-meter performance of 248.15. Coelho was first in the 200 free (1:51.01) and the 500 free (5:08.53).

Coelho also swam on the winning 400 free relay team, which included junior Celia Webster, sophomore Juliette Phillips as well as sophomore Ava Olsian and recorded a time of 3:38.15.

The Bearcats' other two pool records were set by freshman Evan Peters and Amir Sadykov. Peter's time of 1:48.12 in the 200 back edged the 2024 mark of 1:50.45, which was set by Kann Nalcaci of Wagner. Sadykov, meanwhile, clocked a time of 2:04.15 in the 200 breast, which topped the 2019 mark of 2:04.85 by Lucas Kennedy of Canisius. 

Other individual winners on the men's side for the Bearcats included Preston in the 200 free (1:40.97), graduate student Jake Vecchio in the 50 back (23.88), fellow graduate student Sandon Karinsky in the 50 fly (22.89), sophomore Dylan Norby in the three-meter diving event (258.40) and freshman Jacob Koclanis in the one-meter diving competition (258.15).

"I was really pleased with how our team competed today," head coach Jerry Cummiskey said. "Coming off a tough weekend last week, I thought we did a great job of racing and pushing ourselves to reach another level. We had a lot of great swims, six pool records and a lot of great overall competition. So it was a great way to finish our regular season and we are excited for what's to come at the end of February."

Prior to the meet, Binghamton held its annual Senior Day ceremony. The men's honorees were Lanfear, Vecchio and Karinsky. The graduate women included Kuzma, Moane, Kylie McKee, Rachael Bostian, Emma Carolan, Miranda Rogers, Lauren Schriener, Annie Shih, Alex Switalki and Olivia Ugarte.

Up next for Binghamton is the America East Championships Feb. 19-22 at VMI.

 


 
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