Men's Swimming and Diving Wins the Bucknell Invitational

Sunday, November 23

Lewisburg, Pa.

10 a.m./5 p.m.

Brown University

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Jamie Fiedorek

Men's Swimming and Diving Wins the Bucknell Invitational

11/23/2025 7:46:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Brown men's swimming and diving program added three victories on Sunday at Kinney Natatorium as Rory O'Connor won the 1650 free, Marton Nagy earned a win in the 200 breaststroke, and Rowland Lawver collected the 3-meter diving victory to pace the Bears to 1,809.5 points. Brown won the Bucknell Invitational and led from start to finish throughout the three days.

SUNDAY EVENING SESSION
O'Connor continued to collect victories as the freshman won the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:03.05. Matt Williamson, Christian Duetoft, and Max Hardart followed 2-4 in the event.

Finn Quested (third), Jake Lowrey (seventh), and Matthew Purcell (eighth) finished in the top eight in the 200-yard backstroke finals.

Christopher Zhang moved up a spot in the 100-yard freestyle during the finals for a fourth-place finish.

Nagy, Jake Regenwetter, Max Moore, and Erik Nadecki finished 1-4 in the 200-yard breaststroke finals. Steven Ma placed eighth in the event.

James Kershaw moved up two spots from his prelim finish to place second in the 200 fly. Purcell added another top-eight finish, placing seventh in the same event.

Lawver scored a 376.40 in the finals of the 3-meter dive for another victory during his senior campaign.

Nagy, Zhang, Donavan Jeng, and Jonathan Gim finished second in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:55.47.

SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
Quested (fourth), Purcell (fifth), and Lowrey (seventh) advanced to the finals to begin the day in the 200 back prelims.

Zhang finished fifth in the 100-yard free to qualify for the finals.

The dominance in the 200 breaststroke continued as Regenwetter won the prelims, followed by Moore (second), Nagy (third), Nadecki (fourth), and Ma (eighth).

Purcell (second) and Kershaw (fourth) qualified for the finals in the 200-yard butterfly with top-eight marks during the prelims.

In the 3-meter dive, Lawver (second), James Skipper (fourth), and Marcel Mateos Salles (seventh) moved on to the finals.

FINAL TEAM SCORES (UNOFFICIAL)

Brown – 1,809.5
Delaware – 1,159
Seton Hall – 979
UMBC - 954
Davidson - 778
Fordham – 585
Bucknell – 581.5

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Brown welcomes Bryant to the Katherine Coleman Aquatics Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, at noon. Coverage will be available live on ESPN+.

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