LEWISBURG, PA – Junior Kelly Pontecorvo won the 1,650 free and set a school record in the process and freshman Emma Levendoski posted a second-place finish in the 200 back to lead the Bison women’s swimming and diving team Sunday during the final day of the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium. The Bison needed every point they scored throughout the weekend as they took home the team title, edging out second-place Delaware by a slim 2.5 points.
Pontecorvo won the 1,650 free (16:41.18) and had the added highlight of breaking the school record in the 1,000 free thanks to her split time of 10:04.55. She already held both the 1,000 free (10:05.28) and 1,650 free (16:39.13) records entering the day. Pontecorvo also placed 24th in the 200 back on Sundy.
The 200 back was a strong event for Bucknell, which had 10 of the 24 scorers. Levendoski led the way with her second-place finish. She finished second in the morning prelim in a time of 2:02.47, which was good for the No. 5 spot in program history. She lowered it to 2:01.30 in the finals, which bumped her up to third in program history. Levendoski finished second in both backstroke events and 10th in the 50 free this weekend.
Bucknell received strong performances from Emily Norton and Elizabeth Porcellio in the 200 breast. Norton took home second, while Porcellio was close behind in third. It was the fourth individual top-five showing of the weekend for Porcellio, who won the 200 and 400 IMs and placed fifth in the 200 free over the last couple of days.
Lauren Perry, who broke the school record in the 200 free on Saturday, was Bucknell’s top finisher in the 100 free (t-6th), while Kristen Purdy was the top Bison in the 200 fly (10th). Katie Hetherington finished third in the one-meter diving competition, two spots ahead of teammate Tori Molchany as Bucknell was the lone school with a pair of top-five divers.
The 400 free relay of Porcellio, Perry, Levendoski and Kaitlyn Utkewicz wrapped up the meet with a fourth-place finish, but its time of 3:30.95 was good for 10th in program annals.
Bucknell will next be in action Dec. 1 when it hosts Binghamton in a dual meet at Kinney Natatorium. Start time is 1 p.m.
Team Scores
1. Bucknell – 1,372.5
2. Delaware – 1,370
3. La Salle – 1,111.5
4. Georgetown – 983
5. Fordham – 860
6. Binghamton – 785
7. Yale – 206
New Top-10 Times
200 back (3. Emma Levendoski – 2:01.30)
1,000 free (1. Kelly Pontecorvo – 10:04.55 (split during 1,650 free))
400 free relay (10. Porcellio, Perry, Levendoski, Utkewicz – 3:30.95)
Bucknell Results –
Leanne Archer
100 free prelims – t-28th, 55.33
1,650 free – 19th, 17:59.80
Melissa Besman
200 fly prelims – 13th, 2:10.47
200 fly finals – 12th, 2:10.30
1,650 free – 7th, 17:24.01
Lisa Bolle
1-meter diving prelims – 18th, 196.45
Tara Boyle
1-meter diving prelims – 9th, 211.40
Rachel Brekovsky
200 back prelims – 19th, 2:10.00
200 back finals – 20th, 2:08.42
Jennifer Brennan
200 back prelims – 14th, 2:08.32
200 back finals – 11th, 2:05.49
Lara Curtis
1-meter diving prelims – 24th, 136.05
Gina Gautieri
200 breast prelims – 17th, 2:30.16
200 breast finals – 18th, 2:26.16
Anna Griest
200 breast prelims – 27th, 2:34.51
1,650 free – 13th, 17:40.30
Emily Gwynn
200 breast prelims – 24th, 2:33.06
200 breast finals – 19th, 2:27.35
Ashley Henderson
200 back prelims – 4th, 2:05.93
200 back finals – 6th, 2:05.36
Katie Hetherington
1-meter diving prelims – 3rd, 234.40
1-meter diving finals – 3rd, 238.25
Stephanie Koziol
200 back prelims – 23rd, 2:10.88
200 back finals – 22nd, 2:09.77
200 fly prelims – 19th, 2:13.04
200 fly finals – 18th, 2:10.03
Meg Lattimer
200 breast prelims – 21st, 2:30.82
200 breast finals – 20th, 2:27.42
Emma Levendoski
200 back prelims – 2nd, 2:02.47
200 back finals – 2nd, 2:01.30
Lyndsey Marcheskie
100 free prelims – 17th, 54.07
100 free finals – 18th, 53.95
Emma Miller
1-meter diving prelims – 23rd, 148.30
Tori Molchany
1-meter diving prelims – 5th, 217.05
1-meter diving finals – 5th, 230.85
Alanna Nawrocki
200 back prelims – 11th, 2:07.84
200 back finals – 10th, 2:04.90
Emily Norton
200 breast prelims – 2nd, 2:22.71
200 breast finals – 2nd, 2:20.82
Morgan Oxley
200 breast prelims – 13th, 2:27.67
200 breast finals – 13th, 2:27.51
Lauren Perry
100 free prelims – 5th, 52.88
100 free finals – t-6th, 52.82
Kelly Pontecorvo
200 back prelims – 21st, 2:10.24
200 back finals – 24th, 2:12.84
1,650 free – 1st, 16:41.18
Elizabeth Porcellio
200 breast prelims – 1st, 2:22.69
200 breast finals – 3rd, 2:21.68
Kristen Purdy
200 fly prelims – 9th, 2:08.84
200 fly finals – 10th, 2:09.03
Alyssa Rollando
200 breast prelims – 20th, 2:30.65
200 breast finals – 24th, 2:33.15
Sydney Schroeder
200 back prelims – 12th, 2:08.07
200 back finals – 14th, 2:07.97
Jackie Shroyer
200 back prelims – 22nd, 2:10.60
200 back finals – 23rd, 2:11.48
Marisa Taddeo
200 back prelims – 18th, 2:09.55
200 back finals – 21st, 2:08.44
100 free prelims – 22nd, 54.71
100 free finals – 22nd, 54.26
Kaitlyn Utkewicz
100 free prelims – 10th, 53.36
100 free finals – 11th, 53.16
400 free relay
Porcellio, Perry, Levendoski, Utkewicz – 4th, 3:30.95
Henderson, Marcheskie, Taddeo, Brekovsky – 7th, 3:35.63
Oxley, Koziol, Schroeder, Purdy – 14th, 3:40.82
