Swimming & Diving Concludes Stay at Bucknell Invitational

Complete Results | Sunday Preliminary Results

The Fordham swimming & diving team wrapped up their stay at the Bucknell Invitational on Sunday in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.  The Rams had another solid performance on the final day, as the women finished fifth in the team competition and eighth in the men's.
 
William & Mary won the women's competition with 1315.5 points, followed by Connecticut (1219), Buffalo (1073.5), Bucknell (909.5), Fordham (859.5), Georgetown (791.5), La Salle (446), Binghamton (231.5), and Delaware (108).
 
On the men's side, William & Mary post the top team score with 1597 points, followed by Buffalo (1476), Connecticut (1020), Bucknell (777.5), La Salle (687.5), Georgetown (581), Binghamton (401), Fordham (386), and Delaware (42).
 
As they have the past two days, junior Megan Polaha and senior Steve Sholdra highlighted the Rams' performances.   Sholdra kicked off the night of finals by winning the 1650 freestyle event in an NCAA "B" cut time of 15:27.32.  Later, he took second in the 200 butterfly in a season-best time of 1:48.50.  Chris Viera joined Sholdra in the scoring in the 200 butterfly, placing 14^th (1:52.39).
 
In the women's 200 butterfly, Polaha took first overall in a school record and NCAA "B" cut time of 1:58.47, besting her own 2014 mark of 1:58.51.  Three other Rams also scored in the women's 200 butterfly, as Kalena Laurent placed 11^th (2:05.59), Jacqueline Dominger was 17^th (2:05.96), and Erin Gray took 24^th (2:11.12).
 
Fifteen other Rams scored on the final day of the Bucknell Invitational.  Erin McBride started the scoring in the 1650 freestyle, taking 18^th overall in 17:36.53.
 
Then in the 200 backstroke, Morgan Fairclough placed eighth in a season-best time of 2:02.42, while Theresa Goehring was 11^th in 2:03.25.  In the men's event, Miguel Mattox took 13^th overall in a season-best time of 1:52.16 with Ethan D'Arcangelo taking 24^th in 1:54.71.

 
In the 100 freestyle, Chandler Lulley was the top performance, as she took seventh in a season-best time of 51.20 seconds, followed by Shannon Lulley in 10^th (51.35) and Megan Gray in 18^th (51.97).  Liam Semple was the lone men's swimmer to score in the 100 freestyle, placing 17^th in a season-best time of 46.93 seconds.
 
The 200 breaststroke saw three women score, led by Marie Feneron, who was eighth in a season-best time of 2:21.56, while Megan Gehrich took 16^th overall (2:23.85) and Anna Marshall was 18^th (2:22.31).
 
In diving, Colin Esterine-Reid placed 20^th overall in the three-meter dive with a score of 187.15, while Christopher Craig was 22^nd with a total of 168.60 points.
 
In the final event of the invitational, the women's 400 freestyle relay team of S. Lulley, M. Gray, Laurent, and C. Lulley placed fifth in a season-best time of 3:27.87, while the men's squad of Semple, Thomas Gillespie, Jack Madigan, and Sholdra finished 14^th in a season-best time of 3:10.27.
 
The Fordham swimming & diving teams will next be in action on Wednesday, December 2^nd, when the Rams host Manhattan for a 6:00 PM meet.