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Men’s Swimming Splits Road Tri-Meet At Drexel; Earns Win Over PSAC Rival Bloomsburg

Four Raider swimmers post multiple PSAC cuts on Saturday

1/22/2011 7:50:34 PM


PHILADELPHIA – The Shippensburg men's swim team split a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon from the Drexel Pool at the Daskalakis Athletic Center, defeating Bloomsburg 146-114 but losing to the hosts 159.5-95.5. SU posted nine times in the meet that satisfied the PSAC qualifying standards.

Four Raiders posted multiple PSAC cuts in the meet. Senior Tim Smullen posted a time of 22.22 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle and also went into the pool for the 1,000, posting a season-best time of 10:15.16. Sophomore Eric Naylor posted a second-place time of 4:54.11 in the 500-yard freestyle and a time of 2:02.82 in the 200-yard butterfly.

Junior Joe Keefe posted a time of 54.52 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke and a time of 2:00.67 in the 200-yard backstroke. Sophomore Sean Minford finished second in both breaststroke events, posting a time of 1:02.21 in the 100 and 2:16.08 in the 200.

The 200-yard medley relay squad of Joe Keefe, junior Tyler Prete, Naylor and Minford posted a third-place time of 1:40.15. The 400-yard freestyle relay squad of Smullen, senior Jamie Kendall, junior Shawn Robbins and Minford posted a time of 3:21.03.

Next weekend, SU will compete in a quad meet hosted by IUP.

PSAC Cuts/SU Leaders

50 Free
T2. Tim Smullen 22.22

200 Free
3. #R.J. Phiambolis# 1:48.89

500 Free
2. Eric Naylor 4:54.11

1000 Free
3. Tim Smullen 10:15.16

100 Back
2. Joe Keefe 54.52

200 Back
3. Joe Keefe 2:00.67

100 Breast
2. Sean Minford 1:02.21

200 Breast
2. Sean Minford 2:16.08

200 Fly
3. Eric Naylor 2:02.82


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