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Bucknell Men's Swimming & Diving Cruises Past Colgate, 192-96

Bison Sweep Top-Three Spots in Seven Events

Senior John Peterman won both the 50 free and 100 free against the Raiders on Saturday.

Jan. 12, 2008

Results

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team swept the top-three spots in seven events, helping the squad cruise to a 192-96 victory over Colgate on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Bison move to 4-1 on the season, 2-1 in the Patriot League, while Colgate drops to 0-6, 0-2 against league opponents.

Senior John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) was a double winner for the Orange and Blue, taking first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.91 seconds and posting the fastest 100 free time, 48.09. Senior Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) followed Peterman as the runner-up in the 50 free, reaching the wall in 22.24, while in the 100 free, sophomore Daniel Fletcher (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) and Steadman took second (48.79) and third (48.92), respectively.

In the 200 free, Fletcher claimed first, reaching the wall in 1:46.71, while sophomore Ben Leboza (Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville) was second (1:47.27) and Peterman third (1:47.30). Fletcher also clocked the fastest time in the 200 IM, an event the Bison exhibitioned, finishing in 1:59.31.

Sophomore Luke Trafton (Bath, Maine/Morse) led the way in the 1,000 free with his first-place time of 9:55.40. His classmate David Iselin (Potomac, Md./Churchill) came in second (10:01.66) and senior Theo Leriotis (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional Sr. High) took third (10:03.66).

The trio of senior Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area), senior Joseph Metcalf (Knoxville, Tenn./Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)) and sophomore Brett Carey (West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep) swept the top-three spots in both breaststroke events. Bennett won the 100 breast, reaching the wall in 58.51, followed by Metcalf (1:00.12) and Carey (1:01.05), while Metcalf claimed the fastest time in the 200 (2:10.81), with Carey in second (2:13.53) and Bennett in third (2:14.54).

Freshman Gonzalo DeLeon (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) was victorious in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.81, while Iselin followed in second (1:56.41) and junior Chris Amato (East Norwich, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) came in third (2:02.55). DeLeon also scored in the 100 back (3rd, 54.14), an event won by junior Mark Kawczenski with a time of 52.86.

Two additional runner-up showings were recorded by members of the Orange and Blue in the individual swimming events. Trafton's came in the 200 fly (2:00.43) and junior Patrick Stummer's (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley) came in the 500 free (4:56.31).

Junior Jeffrey Manning (Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High) led the Bison divers, placing first on both the one-meter and three-meter boards with scores of 245.47 and 224.48, respectively.

In the 200 medley relay, Kawczenski, Bennett, Steadman and Fletcher teamed up to record the winning time of 1:35.60. Swimming exhibition in the 200 free relay, Steadman, Trafton, Kawczenski and Peterman posted the fastest time, 1:27.73.

Bucknell will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 18, with its 2007-08 home finale against Columbia slated to begin at 5 p.m.