O’Connor Sets Program Record in the 500 Freestyle, Men’s Swimming and Diving Leads After Day One of Bucknell Invitational

Friday, November 21

Lewisburg, Pa.

10 a.m./6 p.m.

Brown University

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Jamie Fiedorek

O’Connor Sets Program Record in the 500 Freestyle, Men’s Swimming and Diving Leads After Day One of Bucknell Invitational

11/21/2025 8:50:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Brown men's swimming and diving (1-3) earned three wins and 600.5 points to lead after day one of the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium. Rory O'Connor's freshman campaign continues to be historic as he won another event while setting a program record in the 500 free. Rowland Lawver (1-meter dive) and Marton Nagy (200 IM) won their respective events.

FRIDAY EVENING SESSION
Brown had two top-five finishers in the 200 free relay as Christopher Zhang, Donavan Jeng, Jonathan Gim, and Tucker Peterson ('A') placed third with a time of 1:20.27, and the 'B' team of Marton Nagy, Caden Blamer, Rudd Day, and Finn Quested placed fifth.

O'Connor set a pool record in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:17.27, breaking the previous mark of 4:18.56 set in 2009. It was also a Brown record, set by teammate Matt Williamson during the 2025 Ivy League Championship. Christian Duetoft (second), Williamson (fifth), Max Hardart (seventh), and James Kershaw (eighth) rounded out the top eight.

Lawver continued his sensational senior campaign and won yet another 1-meter dive for 32 points. James Skipper (fourth), Matteo Vasiliadis (fifth), and Marcel Mateos Salles (sixth) earned points for Brown.

Nagy repeated his prelim finish and won the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:44.32. Five Bears joined Nagy in the top eight as Jake Regenwetter (third), Erik Nadecki (fourth), Max Moore (fifth), Jack Butera (sixth), and Matthew Purcell (eighth) raced in the finale.

Christopher Zhang placed fourth in the 50-yard free finals.

Nagy, Moore, Zhang and Gim comprised Brown's 'A' team in the 400 yard medley relay and placed second. The 'B' team of Regenwetter, James Gottfried, Quested and Jeng finished seventh.

FRIDAY MORNING SESSION
Duetoft's 4:22.06 in the 500 free won preliminaries as the sophomore advanced to the finals, along with O'Connor (second), Williamson (fifth), Kershaw (sixth), and Hardart (eighth).

Nagy won the 200-yard IM prelims with a time of 1:46.73 and was followed by Regenwetter (second), Nadecki (third), Moore (fourth), Butera (sixth), and Purcell (seventh) as six Bears advanced to the finals.

Zhang advanced to Friday's finals with a fifth-place finish in the 50-yard free prelims.

Lawver's 377.63 in the 1-meter dive was good for first, and he moved onto the finals, joined by Mateos Salles (fourth), Skipper (fifth), and Vasiliadis (sixth).

TEAM SCORES AFTER DAY ONE (UNOFFICIAL)
1.     Brown – 600.5
2.     Delaware – 318
3.     UMBC – 282
4.     Seton Hall – 279.5
5.     Fordham – 204
6.     Davidson – 189
7.     Bucknell - 142

UP NEXT
Day two of the Bucknell Invite begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22. Fans can watch along on ESPN+ and visit BrownBears.com for live results.

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