Bucknell University Athletics

Swimming and Diving to Host ECAC Championships at Kinney Natatorium

2/26/2026 12:44:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

2026 Patriot ECAC Championships

**When:**Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1 |

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Time: Friday and Saturday – Prelims 10 a.m., Finals 6 p.m.; Sunday – Prelims 9 a.m., Finals 4 p.m.

**Where:**Kinney Natatorium | Lewisburg, Pa.

Streaming:

ESPN+

Live Results:

BucknellBison.com

About the Meet

• Bucknell is hosting the ECAC championships at Kiney Natatorium for the first time in school history from February 27 through March 1.

• Bucknell's women won the Championship last year in Annapolis and are coming off of a third-place finish in the Patriot League Championships last week.

• The men took fifth at the Patriot League Championships last week. Navy's men and women dominated at the Patriot League Championships, winning the title on both sides.

Bucknell Women by Event:

50 Freestyle

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**Tori

Castro - 23.16 (8th)

School Record:

Sara Ketron23.00 in 2025

Current Bison in Bucknell Top 10:

Sara Ketron(23.00 – 1st); Castro (23.16 – 2nd)

100 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Tori Castro50.54 (8th)

**School Record:**Maddie Hartigan 50.01 in 2021

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Castro (50.54 – 3rd);

Sara Ketron(50.69 – 5th); Bolden (50.69 – 4th);

Kyla Kelly(50.95 – 9th)

200 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Jennifer Bolden1:48.99 (4th)

**School Record:**Hartigan 1:47.29 in 2022

Current Bison in Top 10:

Virginia Hastings(1:48.06 – 2nd);

Clara Renner(1:48.71 – 4th); Bolden (1:48.99 – 5th);

Sydney Dettmann(1:50.09 – 10th)

500 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Kelly Byrne4:51.87 (4th)

**School Record:**Hartigan 4:45.85 in 2022

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Renner (4:48.48 – 3rd); Byrne (4:51.87 – 5th)

1,650 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Kelly Byrne16:52.36 (3rd)

**School Record:**Kelly Pontecorvo 16:30.95 in 2013

Current Bison in Top 10:

Clara Renner(16:31.54 – 2nd);

Claire Kehley(16:52.20); Byrne (16.52.36 – 8th)

100 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

54.82 (8th)

Natalia Gajecki**School Record:**Emma Levendoski 53.53 in 2014

Current Bison in Top 10:

(54.82 – 5th);

Natalia GajeckiSofia Burns(55.75 – 8th)

200 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Alivia Wainwright2:01.18 (12th)

**School Record:**Levendoski 1:54.48 in 2014

Current Bison in Top 10:

Emma Feld(2:00.17 – 7th)

100 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Hanna Bingley1:03.04 (13th)

**School Record:**Kate Handley 1:02.03 in 2024

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Bingley (1:02.97 – 2nd);

Sydney Jee(1:03.38 – 8th)

200 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Kelly Byrne2:16.26 (7th)

**School Record:**Abby Doss

2:13.44 in 2021

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Byrne (2:16.26 – 5th);

Hanna Bingley(2:17.49 – 9th);

Sydney Jee(2:18.01 – 10th)

100 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Tori Castro54.40 (10th)

School Record:

Tori Castro54.40 in 2026

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Castro (54.40 – 1st);

Megan Leyden(54.83 – 4th);

Clara Renner(55.43 – 7th);

Sara Ketron(55.55 – 8th);

Samantha Benzija(55.64 – 9th)

200 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Clara Renner1:56.63 (1st)

**School Record:**Renner 1:58.21 in 2025

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Renner (1:58.21 – 1st);

Sydney Dettmann(2:01.72 – 4th)

200 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Kyla Kelly2:02.16 (7th)

**School Record:**Maggie Wyngowski 2:00.15 in 2020

Current Bison in Top 10:

Clara Renner(2:00.86 – 2nd);

Virginia Hastings(2:01.05 – 3rd);

Kyla Kelly(1:02.16 – 5th)

400 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Kelly Byrne4:16.24 (1st)

**School Record:**Wyngowski 4:15.26 in 2020

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Byrne (2:16.24 – 2nd);

Clara Renner(4:16.85 – 3rd);

Virginia Hastings(4:18.63 – 4th)

1M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Natalie Penman247.43

**School Record:**Tara Boyle 276.90 in 2014

**Current Bison in Top 10:**N/A

3M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Natalie Penman249.68 (N/A)

**School Record:**Katie Hetherington 300.55 in 2013

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Penman (273.30 – 4th)

200 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**1:32.09 (5th)

**School Record:**1:32.09 in 2026

400 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**3:23.73 (6th)

**School Record:**3:22.02 in 2022

800 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**7:19.33 (3rd)

**School Record:**7:18.40 in 2019

200 Medley Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**1:41.08 (6th)

**School Record:**1:41.08 in 2026

400 Medley Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**3:43.80 (7th)

**School Record:**3:41.48 in 2018

Bucknell Men by Event:

50 Freestyle

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**Finn

Russell and

Colin Smith20.32 (T-18th)

**School Record:**Leo Kuyl 19.75 in 2023

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Russell (20.14 – 3rd);

Colin Smith(20.32 – 8th)

100 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Colin Smith44.23 (14th)

**School Record:**Kuyl 43.92 in 2023

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Smith (44.23 – 3rd);

Drew Greene(44.78 –8th);

Dante Buonadonna(44.90 – 9th)

200 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Damian Czartoryjski1:37.89 (15th)

**School Record:**Kopac 1:35.72 in 2024

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Czartoryjski (1:37.89 – 4th);

Finn Franks(1:38.05 – 5th);

Riley Twiss(1:38.33 – 9th)

500 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

William Shoemaker4:28.92 (20th)

**School Record:**Louis Behnen 4:21.91 in 2016

Current Bison in Top 10:

Riley Twiss(4:27.10 – 4th);

Alex Crossing(4:27.47 – 5th); Franks (4:27 – 6th); Shoemaker (4:28.92 – 8th)

1,650 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

William Shoemaker15:32.56 (7th)

**School Record:**Luke Trafton 15:20.54 in 2009

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Shoemaker (15:30.58 – 5th);

Riley Twiss(15:35.24 – 6th);

Alex Crossing(15:38.82 – 7th);

Finn Franks(15:43.34 – 9th)

100 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

48.74 (17th)

Drew Davis**School Record:**Chris Devlin 47.74 in 2017

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Davis (48.74 – 4th);

Shane Wynne(49.34 – 7th);

Caleb Hagadorn(49.38 – 8th)

200 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Braden Beagle1:47.47 (17th)

**School Record:**Devlin 1:43.14 in 2016

Current Bison in Top 10:

Braden Beagle(1:47.29 – 3rd); Davis (1:47.78 – 5th);

Caleb Hagadorn(1:48.36 – 9th)

100 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

54.11 (10th)

James LombardiSchool Record:

54.11 in 2026

James Lombardi**Current Bison in Top 10:**Lombardi (54.11 – 1st);

Evan Hepburn(54.68 – 5th);

Matt Raudabaugh(54.85 – 7th)

200 Breaststroke

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**James

Lombardi 1:59.47 (14th)

**School Record:**Cummings 1:58.85 in 2019 and Hedges in 2024

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Lombardi (1:59.47 – 5th);

Evan Hepburn(1:59.50 – 6th)

100 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Finn Russell48.66 (23rd)

**School Record:**Chris Fabian 46.92 in 2024

Current Bison in Top 10:

Finn Russell(47.97 – 3rd);

Damian Czartoryjski(48.76 – 5th);

Shane Wynne(48.97 – 8th)

200 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Jason Kellerman1:47.01 (12th)

**School Record:**John Gehrig

1:45.13 in 2023

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Kellerman (1:47.01 – 3rd);

Shane Wynne(1:47.50 – 5th);

Riley Twiss(1:49.16 – 8th)

200 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Shane Wynne1:48.22 (9th)

**School Record:**John Gehrig 1:46.21 in 2023

Current Bison in Top 10:

Dante Buonadonna(1:48.21 – 8th);

Shane Wynne(1:48.22 – 9th);

(1:48.34 – 10th)

Drew Davis400 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Jason Kellerman3:52.49 (8th)

**School Record:**Chris Devlin 3:49.04 in 2016

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Kellerman (3:52.49 – 6th);

Riley Twiss(3:54.87 – 10th)

1M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Jack Krug321.20

School Record:

Jack Krug321.30 in 2026

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Krug (321.30 – 1st);

Jackson Vinarub(307.95 – 2nd);

Jackson Hagler(282.38 – 6th)

3M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):

Jackson Vinarub321.15 (N/A)

**School Record:**David Magaro 343.55 in 2011

**Current Bison in Top 10:**Vinarub (321.15 – 2nd);

Jack Krug(313.20 – 3rd);

Connor Thurston(300.55 – 6th);

Jackson Hagler(298.50 – 7th)

200 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**1:20.58 (6th)

**School Record:**1:19:46 in 2022

400 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**2:58.33 (4th)

**School Record:**2:56.34 in 2023

800 Free Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**6:33.50 (5th)

**School Record:**6:30.17 in 2024

200 Medley Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**1:28.78 (5th)

**School Record:**1:26.83 in 2023

400 Medley Relay

**Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank):**3:16.56 (5th)

**School Record:**3:12.99 in 2024

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