The Penn State Swimming and Diving groups opened their long-awaited 2025-26 season with a dominant victory over St. Bonaventure. The boys took house a win with a ultimate rating of 228-72, whereas the ladies posted a 211-81 victory.
This marks the primary win in head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron‘s second season. The Nittany Lions are persevering with their momentum from their very profitable 2024-25 marketing campaign underneath Bonewit-Cron.
Penn State senior Eduardo Cisternas gained the 1000-yard Free with a time of 9:15.79, with sophomore Jack Clancy trailing, posting a 9:29.08.
Sophomore Rylan Anselm touched first within the 200-yard Free with a 1:38.18.
The Nittany Lions continued their dominance with senior Cooper Morley taking first within the 100-yard Again, posting a time of 46.42. Senior Mariano Lazzerini adopted within the 100-yard Breast, profitable first with a 52.54.
Junior Alex Karahalis posted a 1:46.26 to win the 200-yard Fly.
Junior Tylor Kim took back-to-back occasions, profitable the 50-yard Free with a 19.90 and the 100-yard Free with a 43.26.
Morley took his second occasion of the day, profitable the 200-yard Again with a 1:46.95. He was intently adopted by Ian Combs, who took second with a 1:48.09. Lazzerini additionally discovered his second win of the day within the 200-yard Breast, posting a 1:56.39.
Penn State swept the rostrum within the 500-yard Free. Cisternas swam a 4:24:83 to seize first, whereas Anselm posted a 4:28.47, good for second, and Clancy with a 4:34.44, good for third.
Senior Matthew Bittner tallied his first victory of the season, posting a 48.19 within the 100-yard Fly.
Senior Andrew Christensen and Karahalis each posted a 1:49.54 within the 200-yard, recording the singular tie of the match-up. This served as a brand new private greatest for Christensen.
The 200-yard Medley Relay staff of Bittner, Lazzerini, Morley and Kim took house first with a time of 1:25.69.
Penn State claimed first within the 400-yard Free Relay. The staff, consisting of Lazzerini, Toni Slavica, Jake Kennedy and Kim, tallied a 2:56.97.
Hayden Elliot bought his first win of the season within the one-meter competitors, tallying a ultimate rating of 320.85, whereas Danny McGaughey positioned second with a rating of 292.35. Elliot added an extra victory within the three-meter occasion with a ultimate rating of 321.30. Elliot defeated the second-place finisher by over 39 factors.
Within the girls’s meet, Penn State senior Morgan Moore touched first place within the 1000-yard Free with a time of 10:03.07.
Senior Catherine Meisner swam a 1:46.82 to win the 200-yard Free. Margart Markvardt adopted within the 100-yard Again, swimming a 55.17.
Sophomore Audrey Cohen took house first within the 100-yard Breast with a 1:03.27.
Freshman Cyrah Robinson grabbed first with an thrilling end within the 50-yard Free, boasting a 23.60, simply .19 seconds in entrance of sophomore Katie Ketter. This served as a brand new private greatest for the freshman from Texas.
Meisner took her second occasion of the day, profitable the 100-yard Free with a time of fifty.29. Cohen adopted within the 200-yard Breast, profitable her second occasion with a 2:16.80.
Morgan Moore grabbed her second occasion of the day, boasting a 4:57.09 to win the 500-yard Free. Robinson adopted, taking her second occasion of the day with a 55:10 within the 100-yard Fly.
The Penn State girls swept the rostrum within the 200-yard IM. Julia Meisner gained the occasion with a time of two:02.54, adopted by her twin sister, Catherine Meisner, with a time of two:02.71, and Julia Shafer with a time of two:04.39.
The ladies began robust, profitable the 200-yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:42.46. The staff consisted of Markvardt, Cohen, Millie Evans and Ketter.
The 400-yard Free Relay boasted a detailed end, with Penn State taking each first and second. The primary-place staff of Robinson, Moore, Cohen, and Julia Barto tallied a 3:24.49, good for first in an electrical end.
Grace Brammer dominated on the ladies’s aspect, sweeping each the one- and three-meter diving occasions. Brammer had a ultimate rating of 314.63 within the three-meter dive and a ultimate rating of 262.95 within the one-meter dive.
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