Jan. 30, 2009
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LEWISBURG, Pa. - With just three weeks until the Patriot League Championships, the Bucknell men's and women's swimming and diving teams are in the midst of their final preparations for the league meet. Both squads will be in action Saturday, hosting the Bison Invitational. The men will face American, while the women will compete against both American and Navy. The non-scored meet will begin at 12 p.m. at Kinney Natatorium.
Bucknell's men's squad wrapped up its dual meet schedule last week against Lehigh with a 178.5-119.5 victory. The Bison finished the season with a 7-2 overall record and were 5-1 against Patriot League competition. It was the best showing for Bucknell since it went 7-2 in 2000-01, while the 1997-98 squad was the last one to post more victories in a season. The Bison defeated American 234-45 in early November.
The Bison women posted a convincing 198-95 victory over Lehigh last Saturday, wrapping up their dual meet slate with a 7-3 record. They were 4-2 opposite Patriot League foes. Bucknell split with American and Navy earlier this year, defeating the Eagles 214-82 and dropping a tight 157-138 meet against the Mids.
Bucknell will be home one more time this year as Kinney Natatorium is the site of this year's Patriot League Championships. It is the fourth time the facility will host the event. Advance tickets can be purchased in person at the Weis Center Box Office, by calling 570-577-1000 or online at www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice.
First-Place Finishes and Top-10 Records by Bison Men in 2008-2009
Gonzalo DeLeon
First Place Finish
- 200 back (1:56.20) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- 200 back (1:54.12) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 200 back (1:54.70) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne
- 200 back (1:53.98) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 200 back (1:49.33) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 200 back (1:53.83) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 200 back (1:53.62) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 200 back (1:53.36) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 200 back (1:49.33 - School Record) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 400 IM (4:04.90) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Daniel Fletcher First Place Finish
- 200 free (1:44.74) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 200 free (1:44.08) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 200 back (1:55.30) and 200 IM (1:58.85) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
- 200 IM (1:56.78) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Nathaniel Frye
First Place Finish
- 100 breast (1:00.74) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
Taylor Harris
First Place Finish
- 200 fly (1:54.97) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 100 fly (51.93), 200 fly (1:54.78) and 200 IM (1:57.69) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
Bison Top-10
- 100 fly (50.60) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Mark Kawczenski
First Place Finish
- 100 back (51.59) and 100 free (46.91) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 100 back (52.20) and 50 free (21.45) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne
- 100 back (52.20) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 100 back (51.32) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 100 back (51.70), 50 free (21.40) and 100 free (46.98) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 100 back (50.92) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 100 back (52.47) and 50 free (21.40) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Ben Leboza
First Place Finish
- 500 free (4:50.30) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
Jonathan Podniesinski
First Place Finish
- 200 IM (2:00.10) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- 1,000 free (9:44.68) and 200 breast (2:10.57) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 500 free (4:40.26) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne
- 400 IM (4:14.32) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 200 breast (2:10.11) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 1,000 free (9:51.31) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 400 IM (4:10.43 - exhibition swim) and 1,000 free (9:44.68) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 400 IM (4:06.07 - preliminaries) and 500 free (4:38.75 - preliminaries) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 1,000 free (9:43.43) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
Matthew Segar
First Place Finish
- 200 free (1:43.46) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
Eric Sokolosky
First Place Finish
- 50 free (21.38) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 50 free (21.41) and 100 free (47.01) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
Luke Trafton
First Place Finish
- 100 IM (55.87) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- 1,650 free (15:49.85) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 500 free (4:40.99) and 1,650 free (16:17.41) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 500 free (4:42.68) and 1,000 free (9:40.34) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 500 free (4:40.39) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh Bison Top-10
- 200 fly (1:53.40 - preliminaries) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Michael Volpe
First Place Finish
- 100 fly (51.78) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 100 fly (52.05) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Jeffrey Manning
First Place Finish
- One-Meter (241.8) and Three-Meter (210.08) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- One-Meter (249.38) and Three-Meter (239.33) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- One-Meter (236.92) and Three-Meter (235.43) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne
- Three-Meter (243.35) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- One-Meter (259.87) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- One-Meter (256.05) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- One-Meter (270.07) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
- One-Meter (252.45) and Three-Meter (235.65) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Gregory Zavoluk
Bison Top-10
- Three-Meter (209.18) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- Three-Meter (223.65) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
200 Free Relay
First Place Finish
- Spencer Hallowell, Kawczenski, Sokolosky and Trafton (1:27.35) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
400 Free Relay
First Place Finish
- Sokolosky, Fletcher, Taylor Harris and Trafton (3:11.08) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
200 Medley Relay
First Place Finish
- Kawczenski, Frye, Sokolosky and Fletcher (1:34.88) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- Kawczenski, Frye, Sokolosky and Fletcher (1:35.33) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne
- Kawczenski, Frye, Harris and Fletcher (1:35.09) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- Kawczenski, Frye, Harris and Fletcher (1:35.29) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- Kawczenski, Frye, Harris and Fletcher (1:35.90) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
First Place Finishes and Top-10 (TT) Records by Bison Women in 2008-2009
Abigail Atkinson
First Place Finish
- 200 back (2:08.34) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 200 back (2:06.98) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 200 back (2:05.48) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 100 back (58.99) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Kristen Bucaria
First Place Finish
- 200 breast (2:31.68) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
- 200 fly (2:12.19) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 200 fly (2:09.19) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Jamie Chakany
First Place Finish
- 500 free (5:14.78) and 1,000 free (10:43.09) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 1,000 free (10:40.57) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 1,650 free (17:30.37) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Molly Goebel
First Place Finish
- 50 free (24.66) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- 50 free (24.20) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 50 free (24.18) and 100 free (52.97) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 50 free (24.39) and 100 free (53.28) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 50 free (24.51) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 100 free (52.69 - preliminaries) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Macey Keath
First Place Finish
- 100 breast (1:07.42), 200 breast (2:24.42) and 400 IM (4:37.66) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 200 breast (2:26.00) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 400 IM (4:34.36) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 100 breast (1:06.04) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 500 free (5:08.69) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
- 100 breast (1:07.02) and 200 breast (2:25.09) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 100 breast (1:07.42) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 400 IM (4:34.36) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 100 breast (1:05.94) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 200 breast (2:23.18) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 200 breast (2:21.59) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
Megan Mongan
First Place Finish
- 200 free (1:56.28) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 200 free (1:56.72) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 100 free (54.40) and 200 free (1:56.83) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Nikki Seaman
First Place Finish
- 200 breast (2:29.09) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
Bison Top-10
- 100 breast (1:06.92) - 11/22/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Kaitlyn Sweeney
First Place Finish
- 100 fly (59.54) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 100 fly (59.67) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 100 fly (59.60) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Courtney Warren
First Place Finish
- 50 back (27.74) and 100 back (59.59) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- 100 back (58.60) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- 100 back (58.65) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- 100 back (58.09) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- 100 back (57.01) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- 100 back (58.07) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- 100 back (57.52) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- 100 free (53.27) and 200 back (2:07.17 - preliminaries) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
- 100 back (57.01) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
Rebecca Bersani
First Place Finish
- One-Meter (239.63) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
- Three-Meter (247.58) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Allison FitzPatrick
First Place Finish
- Three-Meter (202.35) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- Three-Meter (218.03) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- One-Meter (228.98) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
Bison Top-10
- Three-Meter (247.95) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
Jennifer Kokoska
Bison Top-10
- One-Meter (211.65) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
Eliza Massie
First Place Finish
- One-Meter (201.00) and Three-Meter (194.03) - 10/04/08 at UMBC
- One-Meter (207.98) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- One-Meter (226.45) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
200 Free Relay
First Place Finish
- Goebel, Sarah Suchoff, Mongan and Alexandra Lovallo (1:40.29) - 01/18/09 at Columbia
400 Free Relay
First Place Finish
- Warren, Mongan, Susan Horstmann and Atkinson (3:38.17) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- Warren, Mongan, Horstmann and Lovallo (3:35.71) - 01/10/09 vs. Colgate
Bison Top-10
- Goebel, Mongan, Horstmann and Warren (3:33.24) - 11/23/08 - Bucknell Invitational
200 Medley Relay
First Place Finish
- Warren, Kelly Morris, Goebel, Mongan (1:48.68) - 10/25/08 vs. Boston College
- Warren, Morris, Goebel, Mongan (1:48.95) - 11/01/08 vs. Duquesne and Saint Francis (Pa.)
- Warren, Morris, Goebel, Mongan (1:47.95) - 11/08/08 vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
- Warren, Morris, Goebel, Mongan (1:48.69) - 01/17/09 vs. Army
- Atkinson, Keath, Sweeney and Suchoff (1:51.64) - 01/24/09 vs. Lehigh
