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Bulls Fall to Bonnies, 142-54

ST. BONAVENTURE, NY - The University at Buffalo men's swimming team dropped a 142-54 decison to non-conference rival St. Bonaventure on Thursday evening at the Reilly Center Pool. UB is now 2-4 overall while St. Bonaventure is 5-4.

Luke Adams

UB's lone victory in the meet was in the 200-yard backstroke as junior Luke Adams (Quinnesec, MI/Kingsford) remained undefeated in the event. Adams, who earlier this week earned the Mid-American Conference's Men's Swimmer and Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards, clocked a 1:57.11 showing en route to a one-and-a-half-second victory over St. Bonaventure's Dan Freeland.

Adams also competed in the 1,000-yard freestyle, racing against current Atlantic 10 Swimmer of the Week, Chris Ekimoff. Adams finished second in the race in 9:47.26, less than a second behind Ekimoff's 9:46.31.

Jeff Hurst

The Bulls also posted three other second-place performances Thursday night. Senior Jeff Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) also placed second in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.74, just one-hundredth of a second behind St. Bonaventure's Scott Jordan (1:58.73). Senior Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.73. Sophomore Leandro Souza (Rio de Janiero, Brazil/Missouri State) also placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:20.79.

UB's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Adams, Kevin Schuster (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena). Dave Harris (Rochester, NY/Greece-Arcadia) and Gatley also finished second in 3:15.72.

The Bulls return to action on February 4 when they travel to Eastern Michigan for the regular season finale at 1:00 p.m.