Swimming & Diving sweeps Wagner on Senior Day

1/31/2026 5:43:00 PM | By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats set eight pool records, honor nine graduating seniors

VESTAL, N.Y. - The Binghamton swimming & diving program celebrated its Senior Day in grand style on Saturday afternoon at the Saunders Aquatic Center.

In addition to sweeping Wagner, the Bearcats broke eight pool records, met a pair of NCAA Zone Diving Cuts and honored its nine graduating seniors during their annual pre-meet ceremony. In the final team standings, the Bearcat men won 190-95 while the women took a 176-91 decision.

"Today was a great day," head coach Jerry Cummiskey said," I knew we'd swim well but I didn't think we'd do this good. This meet puts us in a good place heading into the America East meet in three weeks."

The tone of the meet was set in the first event of the day - the 200 medley relay. Binghamton's men's and women's teams broke the pool records set by Cornell in 2024. The women's quartet of sophomore Eva Smith, freshman Julia Iwanow, senior Maria Pignatelli, and freshman Lauren Maierle clocked a time of 1:44.64 - just under the previous record of 1:44.69. The Bearcat men's team of freshman Isaih Francis, sophomore Tyler Schultz as well seniors Patrick Lang and Liam Preston recorded a time of 1:31.01 - surpassing the old mark of 1:31.26.

Pignatelli and Iwanow each added a pool record in sweeping a pair of individual events. Pignatelli captured the 50 free (23.68) and the 100 free (51.34). Her 100 free time broke former America East champion Caitlin Kelly's 2014 pool record of 23.72. Iwanow, meanwhile, broke her own 100 breast pool record with a time of 1:02.22 and also won the 200 breast (2:16.80).

Four other Binghamton men set individual pool records on Saturday against the Seahawks - two of which had been held by former NCAA qualifier David Holmes. Junior Harrison Lambert's 1000 free time of 9:27.73 broke Holmes' 2007 mark of 9:27.73 while sophomore Evan Peters' 200 free time of 1:37.94 eclipsed Holmes 2006 performance of 1:39.09. Peters later won the 500 free on Saturday (4:35.89).

Sophomore Amir Sadykov broke his own pool record in the 200 breast (2:02.33) while fellow sophomore Cameron Stetzer's 100 breast time of 54.67 broke the 2024 record of 55.31 set by Binghamton Master's Swimmer Geoff Wells. Stetzer finished the meet with two individual victories, having also won the 200 IM (1:52.96).

As for the diving events, senior Elizabeth Tirado swept the women's one- and three-meter events with scores of 272.92 and 268.05. In the process, she met the NCAA Zone Cut in the one-meter event (265.00). On the men's side, sophomore Jacob Koclanis met the NCAA Zone Cut in the three-meter competition (320.93 - with 320.00 being the standard) while freshman Samuel Pikofsky-Christiansen took the one-meter event for the second week in a row (292.58).

Three other Binghamton swimmers won a pair of individual events. Smith swept the women's 100 back (56.74) and 200 back (2:04.50), freshman Evan Creter took top honors in the men's 100 back (50.08) and 200 back (1:50.45) while sophomore William Deutmeyer was first in both the men's 200 fly (1:55.04) and 100 free (47.25).

Other women's individual winners included sophomore Natalie Kassirer in the 1000 free (10:27.30), fellow sophomore Fayanne Smith-Salzberg in the 200 IM (2:07.84) and junior Haley Nowak in the 200 fly (2:07.99). The rest of the men's first-place finishers , meanwhile, included Preston in the 50 free (21.04) and Lang in the 100 fly (51.06).

The Bearcats concluded the meet by sweeping the 400 free relays. The women's quartet, which recorded a time of 3:32.14, included Pignatelli, junior Juliette Phillips, sophomore Leonor Coelho and freshman Erica Czeremcha. The Bearcat men were paced by Peters, sophomores Ryaan Alshami and Jonah Kirschbaum and Deutmeyer and clocked a time of 3:08.75.

Prior to the meet, Binghamton honored its 2026 graduating class, which was competing in the final home meet of its career. Representing the Bearcat women were Pignatelli, Tirado, Saige Kazlauskas and Celia Webster. The men's senior class included Preston, Lang, David Marshall, David Ponce and Max Kaback.

The America East Championships - Binghamton's next meet - is set for Feb. 18-21 at VMI.

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