Men's Swimming | 10/13/2018 4:22:00 PM

The Shippensburg University men's swimming team completed its weekend of competition at West Chester on Saturday with a split of the annual tri-meet between the Raiders, Golden Rams, and the Owls of Southern Connecticut State.
 
Shippensburg defeated Southern Connecticut in the dual meet, 170-158, while holding close to the host Golden Rams (138-194).
 
The highlight of the day was a dominant performance in the 200-yard breaststroke by freshman Matt Bochanski, who won the event with a time of 2:08.06. That performance ranks sixth all-time in SU history for the event – which is especially impressive considering Saturday's swim came in a non-tapered dual meet.
 
Bochanski's swim was one of nine individual performances on the day that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standard. The 200-yard breaststroke yielded three PSAC cuts on the day, as freshman Andrew Hale took third in 2:15.13 and freshman Vin Salvatore touched the wall in 2:19.25.
 
Junior Jeff Beyer had some strong swims in events non-traditional to his normal distance routine. Beyer bested all comers in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in a victorious time of 22.30 seconds, before placing second in the 200-yard individual medley (IM) with a time of 2:02.10. Both are PSAC cuts.
 
Junior Nick Bloom recorded a pair of PSAC cuts on the day, pacing the Raiders in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:01.75 before completing the 100-yard butterfly in 54.56 seconds. Sophomore Hunter Keck was SU's leader in the 100-yard butterfly, completing his swim in 54.31 seconds.
 
The morning began with freshman Dawson Mohl completing the 1,650-yard freestyle with a conference qualifier of 17:39.60.
 
SU's top relays each posted third-place finishes. The first of the day featured Bloom, Hale, Salvatore and Keck completing the 200-yard medley in 1:39.32. The meet concluded with freshman Trevor Woolwine, Keck, junior Adam Fox and Salvatore completing the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:17.59.
 
UP NEXT: Friday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m. at Fairmont State.
 
1650 Free
Dawson Mohl 17:39.60 (PSAC)
 
200 Medley Relay
3. Nick Bloom, Andrew Hale, Vin Salvatore, Hunter Keck 1:39.32
Austin Sheppard, Matt Bochanski, Adam Fox, Wendell Banks 1:44.55
 
50 Free
1. Jeff Beyer 22.30 (PSAC)
Matt Bochanski 23.79
Eric Zimmerman 24.07
Wendell Banks 24.39
 
200 Back
Nick Bloom 2:01.75 (PSAC)
Caleb Eveland 2:12.40
Austin Sheppard 2:13.25
 
200 Breast
1. Matt Bochanski 2:08.06 (PSAC)
3. Andrew Hale 2:15.13 (PSAC)
Vin Salvatore 2:19.25 (PSAC)
Callum Hamel 2:25.80
 
200 Free
Adam Fox 1:54.10
Dawson Mohl 1:59.10
Anthony Caravaggio 2:03.99
Evan Anthony 2:04.81
 
100 Fly
Hunter Keck 54.31 (PSAC)
Nick Bloom 54.56 (PSAC)
Andrew Hale 56.04
Trevor Woolwine 56.05
 
200 IM
2. Jeff Beyer 2:02.10 (PSAC)
Eric Zimmerman 2:09.12
Callum Hamel 2:13.57
 
400 Free Relay
3. Trevor Woolwine, Hunter Keck, Adam Fox, Vin Salvatore 3:17.59
Dawson Mohl, Wendell Banks, Caleb Eveland, Austin Sheppard 3:39.41