'Cats Add Bucknell Invite Wins from Felt, 800 Free Relay

Saturday, December 2

Lewisburg, PA

10 a.m./6 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Todd Drexler/DavidsonPhotos.com

'Cats Add Bucknell Invite Wins from Felt, 800 Free Relay

12/2/2023 9:45:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Swimming & Diving

Results DavidsonPhotos.com

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Wins by the men's 800 freestyle relay team and freestyler Dylan Felt led Davidson's swimmers and divers Saturday on the second day of competition at the Bucknell Invitational.

After Felt won the 200 free, he joined Jeremy Kemp, Fletcher Smith and Ben McClain and made sure the Wildcats finished the day's final event in first, timing in at 6:34.73. The four took silver in last year's Atlantic 10 Championships.

In the 200 free, Felt touched the wall in 1:37.04.

Through two days, the men have totaled 720 points and are fifth among six teams, but only nine points out of second place. The Davidson women have 792 points and are fourth among seven teams.

For the Davidson women, two second-place finishes highlighted the day. The 200 medley relay of Leah Sandock, Maggie McCabe, Chale Jacks and Addy Donaldson swam second in 1:43.13. And diver Annica Valmassei was second in the one-meter competition with a score of 253.20.

Cynthia Huang (4:24.21) and Anna Newman (4:25.50) took fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 400 IM, and Newman was fourth in the 100 breast (1:03.02).

Diver Elle Jacobsen was fifth (1M, 228.90), and the 800 free relay of Sylvia Stewart-Bates, Jessie Cline, Kelsa Dator and Emma Murtaugh was also fifth (7:36.45). Jacks was fifth in the 100 fly (55.30), and Sandock took sixth in the 100 back (55.73) and eighth in the 100 fly (56.90).

For the men, Kemp turned in a second-place finish in the 100 back (49.62), and Andrew Schou took third in the 100 breast (55.27). Liam McDonough took fourth in the 100 back (49.69), and in the 200 free, Ben McClain (4th, 1:38.90) and Smith (7th, 1:41.05) teamed with Felt to provide a combined 81 points.

Kemp, Schou, Felt and Miles Charles earned fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:29.30), and Charles took sixth in the 100 fly (49.06).

Also Advancing to Finals
Women
B Finalists
400 IM: Sylvia Stewart-Bates
100 Fly: Sophia Parker, Nora Ratmeyer, Martha Tripsa
100 Breast: McCabe, Rani Greer
100 Back: Ann Thompson

C Finalists
400 IM: Anna Insana
200 Free: Cline, Dator
100 Breast: Liliana Schone
100 Back: Ratmeyer, Amaya Daniel

Men
B Finalists
400 IM: Ryan Shute, Owen Curry
100 Fly: Mitch McClain, Zain Butt (won B final)
100 Breast: Cael McLaren
100 Back: Ian Brann, Charles

C Finalists
400 IM: Zach Jones, Frank Howden
200 Free: Henry Logan, Jackson McDonald, Guil Ware, AJ Teixeira
100 Breast: Howden, Kostas Mateer

Up Next
Sunday's 10 a.m. prelims will include the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly. That will be followed by men's three-meter diving and the 1,650 free competition, before finals at 5 p.m.