By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
The Shippensburg University men's swimming team had individuals post the fastest time in nine of Friday's 11 events as the Raiders completed a road trip to Edinboro with a 117-73 victory over the Fighting Scots in a dual meet at McComb Fieldhouse.
The meet began with a thrilling battle at the wall, with senior
Elijah Zinn out-touching Frank Barger to give the Raiders a victory in the 200-yard medley relay by .09 seconds. The quartet of senior
Michael Hannig, graduate
Andrew Hale, graduate
Vin Salvatore and Zinn delivered a time of 1:37.53.
Junior
Michael Salvatori and sophomore
David Johnson were double-event winners. Salvatori impressed in the 200-yard backstroke, coming within .05 seconds of his season-best time after clocking in at 1:55.21, and edged Hale by .35 seconds in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:58.23.
Johnson swam his fastest time of the season in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a win in 10:15.29. Later, he came back and crushed the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:57.79.
Redshirt-junior
JC Greenwood won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.74, with sophomore
Nathan VanNatter taking second in 1:50.91. VanNatter later won the 100-yard freestyle, completing his swim in 49.54 seconds.
Hale paced three Raiders in the 200-yard breaststroke, swimming 2:10.15, and Salvatore was the top finisher in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:01.12.
Shippensburg returns to competition in two weeks at Edinboro.
200 Yard Medley Relay
1.
Michael Hannig,
Andrew Hale,
Vin Salvatore,
Elijah Zinn 1:37.53
3.
Kevin Noldy,
Nate Wauls,
Alec Burger,
Matthew Beard 1:42.37
1000 Free
1.
David Johnson 10:15.29
2.
David Bussard 10:56.00
Jason Chatell 12:24.26
200 Free
1.
JC Greenwood 1:48.74
2.
Nathan VanNatter 1:50.91
3.
Vin Salvatore 1:53.93
50 Free
2.
Elijah Zinn 22.29
Zaidian Van Orden 22.87
Kevin Noldy 23.79
200 IM
1.
Michael Salvatori 1:58.23
2.
Andrew Hale 1:58.58
200 Fly
1.
Vin Salvatore 2:01.12
3.
Zaidian Van Orden 2:07.55
100 Free
1.
Nathan VanNatter 49.54
3.
Matthew Beard 51.43
Kevin Noldy 52.93
200 Back
1.
Michael Salvatori 1:55.21
2.
David Bussard 2:00.03
Michael Hannig 2:13.14
500 Free
1.
David Johnson 4:57.79
2.
JC Greenwood 5:09.41
Alec Burger 5:25.36
200 Breast
1.
Andrew Hale 2:10.15
2.
Michael Salvatori 2:13.54
3.
Nate Wauls 2:22.12
200 Free Relay
2.
Zaidian Van Orden,
Nathan VanNatter,
Matthew Beard,
Elijah Zinn 1:29.31
Tylor Yakaitis,
David Johnson,
JC Greenwood,
David Bussard 1:32.15