The Shippensburg University men's swimming team achieved multiple season bests and delivered a slew of solid performances Saturday at the Bison Winter Invite hosted by Bucknell University at Kinney Natatorium.
 
The main goal of Saturday was to afford competition in an invitational meet against the likes of Division I Patriot League schools such as Lehigh, Lafayette, American and host Bucknell while continuing training for the league championships – which are about a fortnight away.
 
Shippensburg achieved a total of 18 individual performances that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships qualifying standards.
 
Junior Michael Salvatori continued his momentum with a new season best of 4:46.72. Salvatori also tied graduate Andrew Hale in the 200-yard freestyle; both swimmers touched the wall in 1:46.41. Salvatori also paced the Raiders in the 200-yard butterfly, taking seventh in 1:58.00 for another new season best, and last but not least, shaved three seconds off his season and team best in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:08.72.
 
Hale was also in strong form, crushing it in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.63 seconds. His 200-yard individual medley (IM) was also on point, finishing eighth in 1:56.93.
 
Graduate Vin Salvatore and sophomore Nathan VanNatter swam 2:18 in the 200-yard breaststroke. The performance is a new season best by five seconds. Freshman Nate Wauls and VanNatter each delivered solid times of 1:01 in the 100-yard breaststroke.
 
Senior Alec Burger (55.34), freshman Kevin Noldy (55.98) and senior David Bussard (56.30) delivered PSAC cuts in the 100-yard backstroke; Bussard also impressed in the 200-yard backstroke with an eighth-place time of 2:01.48.
 
Saturday marked the final competition of the regular season for the Raiders. The 2023 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships will be held Feb. 15-18 and are scheduled for the Graham Aquatic Center (YMCA) in York.
 
50 Free
Vin Salvatore 23.06
Tylor Yakaitis 23.30
David Johnson 23.42
Jason Chatell 24.08
Matthew Beard 24.13
Kevin Noldy 24.53
 
100 Free
JC Greenwood 50.03
David Bussard 50.67
Alec Burger 51.03
Elijah Zinn 51.52
Tylor Yakaitis 51.74
Kevin Noldy 52.94
Matthew Beard 53.00
Jason Chatell 56.73
 
200 Free
Andrew Hale 1:46.41 (PSAC)
Michael Salvatori 1:46.41 (PSAC)
David Johnson 1:49.63
JC Greenwood 1:53.23
David Bussard 1:54.42
 
500 Free
Michael Salvatori 4:46.72 (PSAC)
JC Greenwood 4:59.58 (PSAC)
 
1000 Free
No entries
 
1650 Free
5. JC Greenwood 17:44.09
 
100 Back
Alec Burger 55.34 (PSAC)
Kevin Noldy 55.98 (PSAC)
David Bussard 56.30 (PSAC)
 
200 Back
8. David Bussard 2:01.48 (PSAC)
Kevin Noldy 2:08.93
Alec Burger 2:09.68
Zaidian Van Orden 2:12.40
 
100 Breast
Andrew Hale 58.63 (PSAC)
Nate Wauls 1:01.60 (PSAC)
Nathan VanNatter 1:01.81 (PSAC)
Vin Salvatore 1:02.38
Jason Chatell 1:04.40
David Johnson 1:06.83
Zaidian Van Orden 1:12.46
 
200 Breast
Vin Salvatore 2:18.01 (PSAC)
Nathan VanNatter 2:18.77 (PSAC)
Nate Wauls 2:23.08
David Johnson 2:26.03
 
100 Fly
Vin Salvatore 54.23
Zaidian Van Orden 54.67
Alec Burger 55.08
Nathan VanNatter 58.18
Nate Wauls 58.53
Matthew Beard 58.58
Tylor Yakaitis 1:00.05
Elijah Zinn 1:01.74
 
200 Fly
7. Michael Salvatori 1:58.00 (PSAC)
 
200 IM
8. Andrew Hale 1:56.93 (PSAC)
Vin Salvatore 2:01.24 (PSAC)
David Johnson 2:02.44
Nathan VanNatter 2:04.56
Zaidian Van Orden 2:08.21
Nate Wauls 2:10.18
Elijah Zinn 2:19.43
Matthew Beard 2:20.29
Tylor Yakaitis 2:40.67
Jason Chatell DQ 2:23.71
 
400 IM
7. Michael Salvatori 4:08.72 (PSAC)
Andrew Hale 4:17.37 (PSAC)
 
200 Free Relay
Shippensburg A 1:28.63
Shippensburg B DQ
 
400 Free Relay
No entries
 
800 Free Relay
No entries
 
200 Medley Relay
Shippensburg A 1:40.92
Shippensburg B 1:41.49
 
400 Medley Relay
No entries