Complete Results
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - The Shippensburg men's swim team, competing in its second meet in two days, earned a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay but dropped a 116-85 decision to the Division-I Bonnies of St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon inside the Reilly Center.
Shippensburg won the final men's event of the afternoon with strong swims from senior
Gabe Oropollo, junior
Nate Ryan, sophomore
Tim Smullen, and senior
John Miller. The quartet posted a time of 1:29.79 and bested the 'B' team of freshman
Richard Deley, junior
Brian Taylor, sophomore
Josh Nyce and freshman
Shawn Robbins by more than three seconds.
It is the second consecutive relay victory for Shippensburg. The Red Raiders won the 400-freestyle relay yesterday against Canisius with Robbins swimming in place of Miller.
Smullen nearly came away with a victory in the 100-yard freestyle event but finished one-hundredth of one second behind Clayton Coleman of St. Bonaventure, who took first in 49.96 seconds. Taylor earned second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.76 seconds, while Nyce swam the 200-yard IM in 2:04.57.
Shippensburg will return to action on November 1 when the team travels to Clarion for a meet that begins at noon.