VESTAL, New York, January 19. THE Binghamton University swimming and diving squads split a dual meet against visiting St. Bonaventure from the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n
The men's team swam past the Bonnies 165-135 to record its sixth consecutive dual meet win and improve to 6-4 on the season.<\/p>\n
On the women's side, the Bonnies took down the host Bearcats, 181-117.<\/p>\n
"We swam great," said head swim coach Sean Clark. "I am just ecstatic about the way our men came out today and performed. We showed a lot of heart and showed great determination in defending our home pool."<\/p>\n
Reigning America East Diver of the week junior Ryan Graham (Vestal, N.Y.) swept the diving events and in the process broke his own school record in the 3-meter dive totaling 348 points. Graham won the 1-meter event with a score of 290.70.<\/p>\n
In Wednesday's tri-meet versus Stony Brook and Lafayette, Graham had surpassed Jeff Cohen's school record of 306.20 set in 1996 with a score of 322.10. His recent performances have secured him a spot in the NCAA Zone 'A' Championships on March 14-16 at the University at Buffalo.<\/p>\n
Junior Brenno Varanda (St. Petersburg, Fla.) picked up a pair of individual wins for the Bearcats. Varanda won the 200-IM in 1:55.09 and the 200-breast in a pool-record 2:06.81. His time topped former Bearcat Chris McGuire's 2:07.21 performance back in 2002.<\/p>\n
Also contributing with individual victories for the men, was
\nsenior Joe Rogan (Ithaca, N.Y.) and juniors Sean Lorenz (Norwich, N.Y.) and Andrew Palumbo (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.).<\/p>\n
Rogan captured the 100-free in 48.89, Lorenz led a BU sweep in the 100-back in a time of 53.75, and Palumbo took the 100-breast in 59.44.<\/p>\n
Juniors Kristin Maney (New Paltz, N.Y.) and Kate Hassfurter (Horseheads, N.Y.), as well as freshman Brittany Detlef (Rochester, N.Y.) led the women's efforts on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Maney and Hassfurter claimed the top two spots in both the 1- and 3-meter dives. Maney won the 1-meter dive with a score of 238.12, while Hassfurter claimed first in the 3-meter with a score 258.97.<\/p>\n
Detlef captured the 200-IM in a time of 2:17.72 to record her sixth win of the season.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Binghamton for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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