St. Francis vs. St. Bonaventure

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, October 23. THE women's swimming and diving team faced off against Saint Francis (PA) Friday afternoon at the Reilly Center pool, falling 153-134. Juniors Kathryne Valentine and Natalya Ghostlaw had impressive finishes for the Bonnies.

Valentine competed in the 100-yard backstroke touching for a first-place finish at 1:00.80. She then put in another first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:10.13. Valentine also competed in the 100-yard butterfly, picking up a third-place finish, clocking in at 1:01.32.

Fellow classmate Natalya Ghostlaw competed in the 200-yard freestyle, picking up a first-place finish with a time of 1:58.44. She also took third in the 500-yard freestyle touching in at 5:23.57.

Senior Kara Small also made a splash for the Bonnies. Small competed in the 1000-yard freestyle, coming in at 10:58.07 for a second-place finish. She put in another second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:32.25. She also competed in the 100-yard breaststroke, picking up a third place finish at 1:11.58.

Senior Taylor Merena notched a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly, with a time of 2:14.65. While sophomore Jamie Noonan competed in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in first-place with a time of 5:11.48.

In diving action, sophomore Jaelyn Thurner took first-place in the 1-meter and 3 meter dives with scores of 231.30 and 213.98, respectively. Sophomore Alycia Gossett finished second the diving, picking up scores of 188.40 in the 1-meter and 181.20 in the 3-meter.

The Bonnies will be back in the pool on Saturday, November 7 in a tri-meet against Duquesne and La Salle. The meet will take place at Erie Community College at the Flickinger Athletic Center.

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