By Joel Jackson Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swim team has a busy week as they swim against a pair of local rivals. The Bonnies took on Buffalo Wednesday in the Reilly Center Pool and ultimately fell by a score of 164-114. They swim at Niagara Saturday. Head Coach Seth Johnson knows it’s always…
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 and women’s swimming and diving teams travels to Akron, Ohio today for the Zippy Invitational at Akron. The Bonnies come into the meet fresh after resting when they got to go home for the Thanksgiving break. The meet be held over three days at Ocasek Natatorium, concluding…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor Junior Vatslav Lets and sophomore Viacheslav Shchukin are two crucial swimmers on this year’s men’s swimming and diving team. Last year at the Atlantic 10 Championships, Lets was named the Most Outstanding Performer, and Shchukin was named Most Outstanding Rookie. Lets finished the meet with eight gold medals —…
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer There is always a little bit more intensity when St. Bonaventure competes with Canisius, even when it comes to swimming. “Everyone knows the long history that St. Bonaventure has with Canisius in all sports, and they know when we play them in basketball, they get more ready for us than…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team swam away with a substantial 207-125 victory last Saturday in its meet against La Salle. The meet took place at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, the same pool that will host the Atlantic 10 Championships in February. The meet is usually a…
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team still has some work to do before the Atlantic 10 Championships, coach Seth Johnson said. After falling to A-10 rivals La Salle and Duquesne last weekend, the Bonnies look to improve today at Cleveland State at 3 p.m. “We want to come…
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer As the St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team prepares for its first meet against Atlantic 10 competition, Coach Seth Johnson said he is thinking long term. “In swimming, we’re always going to be long term,” Johnson said. “Our goals are always around A-10 championships at the end of the…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s swimming and diving team is coming off a 186-114 home loss to the University of Pittsburgh last Saturday. Head coach Sean McNamee said the meet was condensed due to Pittsburgh’s travel issues. This caused a shortened warm-up time, leading to the swimmers being unprepared. “Pitt had some…
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer The women’s swimming and diving team fell to Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon at home in the Reilly Center pool. It was the team’s first loss of the season. Freshman Tanja Kirmse led the Bonnies, placing first in two events. Kirmse won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.67, beating Pittsburgh’s…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The defending Atlantic 10 Conference Champions are back in the pool. Head coach of the men’s swimming and diving team Sean McNamee was quick to say that the team’s current focus is on repeating their success this season, adding that last season’s championship is far in the past for…
By: Nate West News Editor If you start in Olean and drive 103 miles due north, you’ll drive through Buffalo. Then you’ll drive through Niagara Falls. Then you’ll drive right on out of America and into Canada. That’s how far 103 miles will take you. 103 miles was Diana Nyad’s commute on the final day…
By Zach Waltz Contributing Writer The men’s swimming and diving team defeated Little Three rival Canisius 145-90 last Friday. The Bonnies’ next meet is a tri-meet against Xavier and LaSalle. Head coach Sean McNamee said he looks at this meet as preparation for the Atlantic 10 Championships as it is held in the pool…
By Harrison Leone Staff Writer The women’s swimming team will hit the water today to race against Atlantic 10 rivals Duquesne, La Salle and Xavier in Geneva, Ohio. “That meet is going to be a good measuring stick to see where we’re at against other A-10 teams,” Coach Seth Johnson said. The meet will be…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor For brothers Seth, Cael and Asa Johnson, representing Bonaventure athletics runs in the family. The oldest sons of Bruce and Nancy Johnson of Frewsburg, along with their sister Anneli, are all current or former Bona athletes in a family of swimmers and baseball players. “Both our mom and dad were swimmers, and…