Meet Results

HAMILTON – Senior Morgan Cohara set a pool record in the 200 backstroke to highlight her three victories during Colgate Swimming & Diving's dual meet with St. Bonventure Saturday at Lineberry Natatorium.
 
Cohara was one of four Raiders to win multiple events for the women as the Raiders posted a 163.5-114.5 victory over the visiting Bonnies. During her record-breaking performance in the 200 back, Cohara posted a time of 2:02.34, eclipsing the old pool mark of 2:03.01, set by Lia Kunnapas in 2012.
 
For the men, senior Andrew Hacker won three events and classmate Dominic Wilkins was victorious in another for Colgate, who suffered a 185-107 setback to St. Bonventure.
 
Bottom Line
Women
Colgate 163.5, St. Bonaventure 114.5
 
Men
St. Bonaventure 185, Colgate 107
 
Women's Highlights
- Cohara's victory in the 200 back was one of three individual wins for the Sagamore Hills, Ohio, product. She began the day with a win in the 200 free (1:51.54) and capped her afternoon with a triumph in the 500 free (5:08.07).
- Newcomer Erica Silverman also placed first in three races on Saturday, picking up wins in the 200 butterfly (2:07.05), 100 butterfly (58.36) and 200 IM (2:10.94) competitions.
- Senior Lindsay Sagasta celebrated her birthday with victories 50 free (24.82) and 100 free (53.35) sprint races.
- Senior Cammie Kirby chipped in a pair of wins in the 100 breast (1:08.08) and 200 breast (2:26.67) events.
- The quartet of Cohara, Kirby, Silverman and Sagasta combined to give the Raiders a victory in the 200 medley relay. The group posted a race time at 1:48.77, nearly five seconds ahead of second place.
- Rookie Michelle Dols claimed the 1000 free, touching the wall at 10:41.59. Junior Bernadette Tankle (10:49.63) placed second.
 
Men's Highlights
- Hacker recorded wins in the 50 free (21.81), 100 free (48.39) and 200 free (1:45.74) sprint races.
- Wilkins claimed first in the 500 free, touching the wall with a time of 4:53.47. He also placed second in the 1000 free (10:14.93).
- Hacker and Wilkins were part of the winning 400 free relay, teaming up with senior Carter Christensen and newcomer Max Michael to post a time of 3:13.65.
- Christensen posted a pair of second-place finishes in the 50 free (22.02) and 100 free (49.09) events.
- Senior Danny Graham took second in the 200 back, touching the wall with a time of 2:00.67.
- Rookie Trey Johnson placed second in the 200 breast with a pace of 2:12.52.
 
From the Source
Colgate Head Coach Andy Waeger
(On women's performance)
"The women were in control from the start. We're really happy with just about everyone's performance today. We had a strong 1-2 finish in the 1000 free by a freshman-sophomore combination and Morgan Cohara just swam in a dominating fashion, winning her events handily."
 
(On men's performance)
"If you look at last year's meet, the score was 220-60 in favor of St. Bonaventure and the highest we placed was third twice. This year, we had a handful of wins, cracked the 100-point plateau and held them to significantly less point then they had last year. It shows that our men are rapidly improving. Top to bottom, this might have been our best dual meet for the men in my time here."
 
(On upcoming meets)
"We're on the road for tough back-to-back competitions next weekend. It will be fun to get this team on the road and see what they can do."
 
Up Next
- Colgate is back in action Oct. 24 with a 6 p.m. meet at Bryant.  The meet will be a swimming-only competition.