Men's Swimming & Diving Places Second at Bucknell Invitational

Sunday, November 23

Lewisburg, Pa.

10 AM / 5 PM

University of Delaware

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Noah Barraclough

Men's Swimming & Diving Places Second at Bucknell Invitational

11/23/2025 9:27:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – University of Delaware men's swimming & diving finished in second place at the Bucknell Invitational with 1159.00 points. This is the eighth-consecutive year that the men's squad has placed within the top three at their midseason meet.

In the final event of the night, the 400-free relay, the Fightin' Blue Hens set a program and Kinney Natatorium record with a time of 2:53.35. Matvei Namakonov, Kade Snyder, James Haney, and Addison Collins cruised to a two-second victory in that race.

RESULTS
Kade Snyder (1:47.07), Kaloyan Levterov (1:47.16), and Max Moen (1:47.56) took the top three spots in the 200-back qualifiers, earning A Finalist spots.

Addison Collins won the 100-free preliminary at 43.56, closely edging out the next finisher by .03 seconds.

Moen and Will D'Orazio picked up A Finalist spots in the 200-fly prelim at 1:49.98 and 1:50.01, respectively.

Lucas Madariaga scored 274.00 on his 3-meter dives in the first round, sending him to the A Finals where he finished sixth at 284.10. Madariaga's score from the finals is the eighth-highest in program history.

Levterov emerged victorious in the 200-back finals at 1:45.54.

Collins placed second in the 100-free finals at 43.64, swimming the fastest first 50 meters among the 46 competitors at 20.59.

Malcolm Collins placed second in the B Final of the 200-breast at 2:01.82. Brian Wilbur and Manuel Osorio took fifth and seventh in the A Final at 2:02.7 and 2:06.27.

D'Orazio placed sixth in the A Final of the 200-fly at 1:50.21.

UP NEXT
Selected student-athletes will have the chance to compete at the U.S. Open in Austin, Texas, from December 3-6.

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