Vestal, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams kicked off the 2024-25 season against Binghamton University on Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats swept the 'Phins, with the women winning 234-66 and men coming out on top 243-57.

"The men and women of Le Moyne swam and dove hard at Binghamton today. We had many bright spots in a meet where the score was one sided," said head coach Adam Zaczkowski '04. " I left the meet encouraged that our athletes will have a great year with the fast start we saw today."

"Many of our swimmers are significantly ahead of where we were last year. Senior Brenna Horan (Bayport, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue Point) had a great 1000 and is really in great form for September. Sophomore Zoe Coburn (Hickory, N.C. / St. Stephens) was excellent in the backstroke for us today."

"I was impressed by our men's freshmen trio of Michael White (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker), Alex Pilieci (Ottawa, O.N. / John McCcrae) and Lucas Clay (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker). They have a bright future for this season."

"Our divers had a great opening meet and coach Mihali Tzetzis will have them ready for our upcoming stretch of meets in October."

Women's Squad:
Horan finished in second place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:22.96.

Junior Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y. / Guilderland) took third place in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing at the 2:03.48 mark. 

Coburn placed second in both the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 28.91 and 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.54.

Sophomores Lucy Catalano (Glenville, N.Y. / Burnt-hills-Ballston Lake) and Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y. / Bethlehem) placed third and fourth in the 50-yard freestyle, with times of 26.09 and 26.12, respectively.

Freshman Gabby Williams (Scotia N.Y. / Scotia-Glenville) placed third in the 3-meter dive with a score of 212.03.

Fraley placed third in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing at the 56.69 mark.

Junior Emma Winters (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Xaverian) finished in third place in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:49.52.

Freshman Kim Velazquez (Fairfield, C.T. / Fairfield Warde) took second place in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 27.98.

Sommo placed third in the 200-yard individual medley, with a time of 2:19.92.

The quartet of Fraley, Bigarfe, Catalano, and sophomore Victoria Hewitt (Fulshera, T.X. / Jordan) placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:44.64.

Men's Team:
The relay team of freshman Jacob Griffin (Cicero, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse), sophomore Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y. / Hilton), Clay, and Pillieci took third place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:36.32.

Griffin placed third in the 50-yard backstroke with a final time of 25.67.

Clay finished third in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 27.34, along with second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.16.

Pilliieci tallied a third place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, with a time of 52.26 before finishing third in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 24:30.

Enser finished in third in the 100-yard backstroke with a final time of 54.97.

The quartet of Enser, White, freshman Nolan Carner (Weedsport, N.Y. / Weedsport), and senior Belal Aly (Syracuse, N.Y. / PSLA @ Flower) took second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:27.84.

What's Next:
The Dolphins will compete in the Colgate Invite on Friday and Saturday, October 11-12 at the Lineberry Natatorium in Hamilton, N.Y.