Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams experienced what they called the most grueling stretch of their season last weekend, facing nationally ranked Army and Cornell in back-to-back days. Scheduling two difficult meets in two days was an intentional decision, according to Bonaventure’s…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER Coming off of their most impressive victories of the season on December 3 against Canisius, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams looked to keep the momentum rolling in a dual meet at Binghamton on Jan. 21. By the end of the day, the Bearcats got the…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER Coming off their longest break of the season, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s Swim and Dive teams return to the pool as they head to Cleveland, Ohio to compete in the Magnus Cup from Nov. 17-19. The Bonnies, who have not competed since Nov. 5, have utilized their week-and-a-half…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER After competing on the road for the first five meets of the season, the St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s Swim and Dive teams returned home to face Cornell. The men’s and women’s teams fell to the Big Red by scores of 95-148 and 90-144 respectively. On the men’s side,…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swim and dive team are set to compete at the Atlantic 10 invitational this weekend in Ohio. The men’s team is going into the invitational coming off of a 0-2 performance in the Cleveland State tri-meet with loses to both Cleveland State and Kenyon.…
By John Pullano, Advisory Editor To win one Atlantic 10 Conference Championship is special. To win a second championship under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic would mean much more to St. Bonaventure University senior swimmer Tjaard Krusch. “Considering now that our time was limited because of COVID, it would be so huge to me…
By Mikael DeSanto Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s swimming and diving team returned to competition last Saturday, beating the University of Binghamton Bearcats 166.5 to 121.5. The team had previously not competed since the Akron Invitational in December. The Bonnies picked up wins in 11 of the 16 events in the meet.…
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer While most Bonaventure students took their month-long break to relax and prepare for the coming semester, the men’s swimming and diving team was hard at work nearly every day, according to Head Coach Sean McNamee. “The goal of the break is to push our training level up as much as…
By Joel Jackson Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming team hasn’t competed in a meet in more than a month, but the Bonnies have been staying busy. “We’ve been kicking the snot out of them,” Head Coach Seth Johnson joked. Over the pre-semester break, the Bonnies took a training trip to Florida and spent…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team heads to Pittsburgh today through Sunday for the Pitt Invite after beating Canisius on senior day last Saturday, 129-112. Head Coach Sean McNamee said the invite will be full of solid competition, including Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, with six teams total. “It’s the second…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team will head to Geneva, Ohio tomorrow at 10 a.m. for a meet against Atlantic 10 rival La Salle. The meet is a tri-meet between the Bonnies, Duquesne and La Salle. Duquesne doesn’t have a men’s swimming program, so it will just be a…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer The men’s swimming and diving team has been preparing for the Atlantic 10 Championships, taking place Feb. 20-23 at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Head Coach Sean McNamee said the A-10s are the culmination of an entire season of hard work and training for the Bonnies. The Bonnies rank…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer The men’s swimming and diving team lost to the Buffalo Bulls 159-135 last Saturday. Junior Mike Burud and Sophomore Ripley Danner were the only two swimmers to have a first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 500-yard freestyle respectively. Coach Sean McNamee said the team used the meet as…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer he men’s swimming and diving team defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles last week, 147-72. The team is set to face the Buffalo Bulls tomorrow at Buffalo. Coach Sean McNamee expressed his excitement for the meet at Buffalo. “We’re looking forward to the meet this weekend up at UB,” McNamee said.…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer The men’s swimming and diving team beat the Binghamton Bearcats last week by a final score of 152-88. The team hosts Niagara in their next meet today at 6 p.m. Coach Sean McNamee said the meet against Niagara will serve an important role in building the team because of two…
By Zach Waltz Contributing Writer The men’s swimming team (3-2) lost (132-111) to the Cleveland State Vikings (5-1-1) in its home opener last Saturday. The Bonnies travel to Pittsburgh for the Pitt Invite, beginning today and ending Sunday. The teams competing in the Invite are Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Fairmont State and West Virginia…
By Zach Waltz Contributing Writer The men’s swimming and diving team (3-1) defeated both LaSalle (2-2) and Xavier (4-3) in its first conference meet of the year last Saturday. The team will host the Cleveland State Vikings (4-1-1) tomorrow. Coach McNamee said swimming at home gives the Bonnies a distinct advantage over other teams and…
By Nate West News Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving team travels to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers in their first dual meet tomorrow. “We want to continue to improve,”said Coach Sean McNamee said. “To show a continual path of improvement is the main goal.” McNamee said the team has been…