In their third meet of the season, both the Binghamton men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished sixth this weekend at the three-day Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa.
The men, who are 0-2 in dual meets this season, finished sixth out of nine teams as Yale took first. The women, led by senior Lauren Flower, finished sixth out of 10 teams as Bucknell finished on top.
Flower made school history with her 17:09.68 mile time, breaking BU’s previous record by almost 11 seconds.
Another notable performance on the women’s side came from junior Corinne Zotter, who finished second in the 200-breast with a career-best time of 2:18.37. Zotter also took second in the 100-breast.
Freshman Ruan Zorgman took fifth in the 200-breast stroke with a time of 2:04.69. Sophomore Taryn McLaughlin won the 200-fly consolation final with a time of 2:07.17, a personal best. In diving, junior Devin Zdanowski finished fourth in both the one- and three-meter finals.
“The contributions came from all ends here in Bucknell with so many personal bests being set,” said Binghamton head coach Sean Clark, according to BUBearcats.com. “The level of competition here and the set up as a championship-style event is a great way to close out 2013 and I’m really looking forward to our second half of the season come January.”
The Bucknell Invitational will mark the last competition for the Bearcats this calendar year, as they return to Lewisburg on Jan. 12 for a dual meet with Bucknell.