By: Bill Morgal and Casey Saussaman, SU Sports Information
The Shippensburg University men's swimming team Saturday completed its annual tri-meet against West Chester and host Southern Connecticut State with a split, defeating the host Owls but falling to the Golden Rams in competition from New Haven.
Sophomores
Trevor Woolwine and
Matt Bochanski impressed with victories on Saturday; Woolwine won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.16 seconds and Bochanski won the 200-yard breaststroke by more than two seconds with a time of 2:09.30.
Overall, Shippensburg had 10 individual swims that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standards. Bochanski also placed second in the 200-yard IM, touching the wall in 2:02.46, while sophomore
Vin Salvatore was close behind in 2:03.05. Salvatore also had a PSAC cut in the 200-yard breaststroke of 2:17.01.
Woolwine was the SU pacesetter in the 100-yard butterfly, posting a conference cut of 54.06 seconds. Senior
Jeff Beyer equaled the PSAC standard in the 50-yard freestyle, swimming 22.71 seconds.
All three Raiders who competed in the 200-yard backstroke met the PSAC standard for the event. Freshman
David Bussard took third in 2:02.03, while senior
Nick Bloom was close behind in 2:02.65. Freshman
Michael Hannig swam 2:04.07.
SU's 400-yard freestyle relay concluded the meet with a second-place finish, as sophomore
Andrew Hale, junior
Hunter Keck, Woolwine and Beyer swam 3:11.57.
Hannig, Hale, Salvatore and Beyer completed the 200-yard medley relay in a third-place time of 1:39.68.
Shippensburg returns to action at 5 p.m. Friday with a Homecoming meet against Fairmont State from Donald N. Miller Pool.
1650 Free
David Bussard 17:58.44
Tylor Yakaitis 19:03.60
200 Medley Relay
3.
Michael Hannig,
Andrew Hale,
Vin Salvatore,
Jeff Beyer 1:39.68
Nick Bloom,
Matt Bochanski,
Kordell Morgan,
Elijah Zinn 1:42.46
Alec Burger,
Hunter Keck,
Adam Fox,
Eric Zimmerman 1:44.03
50 Free
1.
Trevor Woolwine 22.16 (PSAC)
3.
Jeff Beyer 22.71 (PSAC)
Tylor Yakaitis 24.24
Anthony Caravaggio 24.46
200 Back
3.
David Bussard 2:02.03 (PSAC)
Nick Bloom 2:02.65 (PSAC)
Michael Hannig 2:04.07 (PSAC)
200 Breast
1.
Matt Bochanski 2:09.30 (PSAC)
Vin Salvatore 2:17.01 (PSAC)
Christian Sawyer 2:33.23
200 Free
Eric Zimmerman 1:50.82
David Bussard 1:55.29
Tylor Yakaitis 1:59.62
Elijah Zinn 2:00.93
100 Fly
Trevor Woolwine 54.06 (PSAC)
Kordell Morgan 55.09
Adam Fox 57.38
Alec Burger 57.98
200 IM
2.
Matt Bochanski 2:02.46 (PSAC)
3.
Vin Salvatore 2:03.05 (PSAC)
Nick Bloom 2:04.62
Michael Hannig 2:10.54
400 Free Relay
2.
Andrew Hale,
Hunter Keck,
Trevor Woolwine,
Jeff Beyer 3:11.57
Elijah Zinn,
Tylor Yakaitis,
Eric Zimmerman,
Adam Fox 3:28.13
Anthony Caravaggio,
Alec Burger,
David Bussard,
Kordell Morgan 3:33.78