June 2018 FROMThe Official Newsletter of the Bucknellthe Swimming andDECK Diving Program www.BucknellBison.com Notes from Coach Dan Schinnerer Diving recognition. know that our overall depth will While this season certainly have to improve to continue to presented challenges to our move up the standings next year. Season team, ultimately we worked hard Our men also improved one spot through it all and ended the year from last year’s placement taking HIGHLIGHTS 2017 - 2018 on a high note, in position to 3rd this year. This marked the continue to grow and improve as first time we have beaten Boston a program. University at the conference All told on the season, both meet since they joined the league New Women’s Dear Bucknell Swimming men and women combined in 2014. After a frustrating Team Records and Diving Alumni, Parents and to set 12 new school records dual meet season, the team was Friends: and had 48 new entries into pleased to move past several of 100 Freestyle our program’s all-time top-10 the team’s we had lost to during Abigail Rosenberg, 50.42 he 2017-18 swimming performers lists. In addition, the regular season. and diving season official- our swimmers earned 12 NCAA As is always the case for our 200 Freestyle Tly closed with our end-of- Consideration cuts. More program, “next season” began Abigail Rosenberg, 1:48.29 year banquet on Saturday, April important than any times or when the team returned from 7th. At the dinner, coaches, scores is the learning, growth, spring break. The approximate 200 Breaststroke staff, team members, parents and and development achieved both six-week stretch from then until Maggie Wyngowski, 2:14.98 friends gathered to celebrate ac- individually and collectively by the start of final exams is always a complishments of our team this the team. As I told the team busy time for the swimming and 100 Butterfly season and also said goodbye to following our return from the diving team. While also main- Julianna Foss, 54.48 our eleven graduating seniors: ECAC meet, this group has taining its typical focus in the Kyle Bloom, Leah Bloodgood, demonstrated “grit” throughout classroom and in the pool, our 200 Butterfly Chris Devlin, Caroline Edelman, the year by tackling the challeng- team also took the opportunity Julianna Foss, 2:00.00 Grace Ford, Tally Ford, Julianna es we have faced and ultimately of a few less hours of practice per Foss, Tarik Lott, Sage Maggi, having a successful season full week to be active in the commu- 400 Individual Medley Maddi Marcheskie and Sam of fast swimming, great diving, nity. Our team ran swim lessons Maggie Wyngowski, 4:17.80 Rutan. and, most importantly, personal for the community throughout Members of the Class of growth. the month of April and was heav- 200 Freestyle Relay 2018 for the swimming and This year’s Patriot League ily involved in Bucknell’s “Relay Edelman, Gorham, Foss, O’Shea 1:33.36 diving program account for five Championships were once again for Life” event hosted at the end individual school records and filled with fast swimming and of April. 400 Freestyle Relay contributed to seven school great diving from around the Furthermore, spring is a time Rosenberg, Edelman, Smalec, Foss record relay performances. In league. It is clear that the quality for assessment and evaluation of 3:22.72 addition, their names currently and depth of our conference the season past and planning for appear on the program’s all-time continues to improve, and as the season ahead. In addition 800 Freestyle Relay top-10 list in an impressive 34 a team we have to continue to to our practices, the team does Rosenberg, Gorham, Smalec, O’Shea different places individually. keep pace with that improve- a number of individual and 7:22.03 Over the course of their four ment to reach the goals we have collective meetings to review years, two individuals earned as a program. Our women’s what went well and what we need 400 Medley Relay Patriot League Academic Team team placed 4th overall. While to do better in order to continue Hadley, Bloodgood, Smalec, Rosenberg recognition and three individuals certainly not satisfied by this to improve going forward. We 3:41.48 earned All-Patriot League First placement, it did mark an know there is work to be done to or Second Team Swimming and improvement from last year. We be back in the position the stan- continued on page 2 continued on page 2 1 Notes from Coach Dan Schinnerer continued from page 1 dards of our program demand. to the program. You can read another year of support. You all Season We are excited to move more about both later in this contribute to our program in so forward into next season. newsletter. We are excited to many ways and play such a vital HIGHLIGHTS Summer will be busy for our bring in the new members of our role in our continued growth 2017 - 2018 student-athletes with many program. and success. Thank you! training, working, interning We will certainly keep New Men’s Team Records and traveling throughout those everyone posted of all that’s Regards and months. Looking ahead to next happening with Bison Swim- 200 Individual Medley season, we are not only bringing ming and Diving during the Matt McGoey, 1:47.84 in a large class of first-years in summer months. I would like to August, but we also are wel- close by once again thanking all Dan 400 Medley Relay coming two new staff members parents, alumni and friends for Devlin, Cummings, Lubinski, McFarland 3:16.51 FROMtheBOARDS Coach Errol Carter Patriot League Champions strength training a big part of areas, I believe we got on the what we do with the divers in the right track had some experiences Men’s 200 Backstroke spring. This gave our first-year that will hopefully carry over to Chris Devlin, 1:43.93 divers, Garrett Sommer and next season. Alaina Schumann, and soph- We have three returners in Patriot League Awards omore Paige Schoelkopf the rising junior Paige Schoelkopf opportunity to get into different and rising sophomores Alaina Female Rookie of the Meet types of lifts while still gaining Schumann and Garret Sommer. Maggie Wyngowski strength. Strength coach Jerry They all seemed to be pretty Shreck and I spoke before- excited about coming back and Male Career High Point hand and added some things doing even better than this year First Place to strengthen areas that could and staying healthier than this Chris Devlin benefit from working them. One year. Along with the returnees Greetings Alumni, Family & of the immediate results from we will be welcoming three new Female Career High Point Friends of Bucknell Swimming changing up the strength training divers to the program. I’m look- Second Place & Diving was increased flexibility, which ing forward to seeing what our Julianna Foss is an awesome gain to build upon divers do next year and how the ello from the deeper through the summer. The divers team develops through the year. side of the pool. We’ve hit it pretty hard, and I am very Thank you for your continued All-Patriot League Hcompleted a pretty excited to see how they continue support and I look forward to the good season, having first-year to progress through the summer. upcoming season and seeing you Women’s First Team diver Garrett Sommer finish 8th On the boards we kind of got at meets as we have a good num- Julianna Foss, Maggie Wyngowski (1m) and 10th (3m) and senior back to the basics and did a lot of ber of home competitions next Tally Ford place 10th (1m) and line ups, jumps and somersaults. season. Have a great summer! Women’s Second Team 13th (3m) at Patriots. Then at We did these things to get mov- Emma Hadley, Lindsay Smalec ECACs, Garrett finished 7th on ing again but also to get ready to Take care and both boards. So I feel like we do our bigger dives that we’ve Men’s First Team had a fairly successful end to the not done in a while. We also Chris Devlin season. tried to spend a good amount This spring we tried some of time working on the issues Coach Errol Carter Men’s Second Team different things once the season that plagued us throughout the Matt McGoey ended. As always, we make year. We made sure to visit those Academic 2017-18 Senior Athletic Award Winners All-Patriot League Women Julianna Foss Chris Devlin Julianna Foss Men Bison Club Award presented to the Bryan-Humphreys Award present- Chris Devlin senior athletes who best exemplify ed to an individual for outstanding the winning spirit of the University’s versatility in his/her sport. athletic program. 2 Bison Reflections Megan teammates both in the pool and in the Vince Mitch weight room. Yet, during this period Barpoulis I was reminded of why I love the sport Fillippini Buccalo Between time inside of swimming so much and the impact This season tested After completing and outside of the this team has on each and every one all of us mentally and my final spring pool, our spring of us. This spring not only served as physically like we had training as a Bison, semester was very a time to physically prepare for the never been tested be- I reminded myself successful! Our training provided a upcoming season, but also a period of fore which made the time off before, that this spring was a lot more than great base for us to build off of both in mental preparation and the continued spring training all the more relaxing.