By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
The Shippensburg University men's swimming team won five events Saturday, including the final two individual events, to claim a 112-93 victory at Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opponent Edinboro in a dual meet from McComb Fieldhouse.
Shippensburg went 1-2-3 in the 500-yard freestyle and had two swimmers finish within .01 seconds of each other to go 1-2 in the 100-yard breaststroke to rally and achieve the dual-meet win over the Fighting Scots. The Raiders achieved 12 swims that satisfied the PSAC qualifying standard.
Senior
Jeff Beyer won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:57.39, with junior
Eric Zimmerman taking second in 4:59.76. Freshman
David Bussard was third.
Earlier in the meet, Zimmerman won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:24.30, with Bussard second in 10:54. Beyer won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.28, while sophomore
Trevor Woolwine finished second in 1:49.14.
Helping to secure the victory was the 1-2 finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, as sophomore
Matt Bochanski completed his swim in 1:00.85 and sophomore
Andrew Hale in 1:00.86.
Another key 1-2 finish came in the 100-yard freestyle, with junior
Hunter Keck winning in 48.34 seconds and Woolwine claiming second place in 49.18 seconds.
In relays, the quartet of senior
Nick Bloom, Hale, sophomore
Vin Salvatore and Keck completed the 200-yard medley relay with a second-place time of 1:37.89. Keck, Woolwine, freshman
Elijah Zinn and Beyer finished the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:28.18.
Shippensburg returns to action February 1 with its final competition of the regular season, the Navy Invite.
200 Medley Relay
2.
Nick Bloom,
Andrew Hale,
Vin Salvatore,
Hunter Keck 1:37.89
Michael Hannig,
Matt Bochanski,
Alec Burger,
Elijah Zinn 1:41.85
Austin Durand,
Christian Sawyer,
Kordell Morgan,
Tylor Yakaitis 1:49.32
1000 Free
1.
Eric Zimmerman 10:24.30 (PSAC)
2.
David Bussard 10:54.13
Tylor Yakaitis 11:19.46
200 Free
1.
Jeff Beyer 1:48.28 (PSAC)
2.
Trevor Woolwine 1:49.14 (PSAC)
Michael Hannig 1:54.92
50 Free
2.
Adam Fox 22.95
3.
Elijah Zinn 23.15
Anthony Caravaggio 31.92
200 IM
2.
Andrew Hale 2:01.35 (PSAC)
3.
Nick Bloom 2:02.34 (PSAC)
Matt Bochanski 2:04.96
100 Fly
2.
Austin Durand 54.61
3.
Vin Salvatore 55.37
Alec Burger 56.00
100 Free
1.
Hunter Keck 48.34 (PSAC)
2.
Trevor Woolwine 49.18 (PSAC)
Adam Fox 51.03
100 Back
3.
Nick Bloom 55.23 (PSAC)
Michael Hannig 55.85 (PSAC)
Alec Burger 1:01.02
500 Free
1.
Jeff Beyer 4:57.39 (PSAC)
2.
Eric Zimmerman 4:59.76 (PSAC)
3.
David Bussard 5:14.00
100 Breast
1.
Matt Bochanski 1:00.85 (PSAC)
2.
Andrew Hale 1:00.86 (PSAC)
Vin Salvatore 1:03.45
200 Free Relay
2.
Hunter Keck,
Trevor Woolwine,
Elijah Zinn,
Jeff Beyer 1:28.18
3.
Adam Fox,
Tylor Yakaitis,
David Bussard,
Eric Zimmerman 1:33.97
Anthony Caravaggio,
Kordell Morgan,
Austin Durand,
Christian Sawyer 1:36.11