CALIFORNIA, Pa. – The Shippensburg University men's swimming team completed its weekend with a win over Fairmont State on Saturday, 118-75, in a non-conference neutral-site matchup at Hamer Hall Natatorium.
 
Shippensburg (3-2) provided an excellent meet, winning both relays and all but three individual events. Freshman Alex Kissinger posted two individual victories on the day, taking the 200-yard IM and the 200-yard butterfly. Kissinger went 2:03.62 in the IM and 2:01.35 in the fly, the latter of which satisfied the PSAC standard (2:03.62).
 
The quartet of sophomore Mason Koeth, junior Nate Wauls, sophomore Robbie Ferlick, and senior Nathan VanNatter opened the meet with a strong performance in the 200-yard medley relay, posting a time of 1:37.37 to win the race.
 
Graduate JC Greenwood paced the pool in the 1,000-yard freestyle, using a blistering 27.35 last 50 split to finish the race at 10:50.75. Ferlick had a blistering time of his own, swimming a 21.97-second 50-yard freestyle to win the race along with satisfying the PSAC mark (22.53).
 
Senior Zaidian Van Orden took the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.60 seconds, narrowly beating freshman Josh Einolf, who touched the wall at 49.63 seconds.
 
Koeth returned to the water to outpace the Fighting Falcons in the 500-yard freestyle, repeating Greenwood's last 50 split with a 26.70 second split of his own, touching the wall at 4:55.01.
 
The team of Koeth, sophomore Connor Ludwig, VanNatter and Ferlick ended the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay, all splitting under 22.5 seconds in producing a time of 1:27.63. The quartet of Kissinger, Van Orden, junior Kevin Noldy and Greenwood raced and out-touched Fairmont State's "A" relay, swimming 1:31.62 to the Falcons' 1:31.93.
 
The Raiders return home to face Clarion at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 for Senior Night.
 
200 Medley Relay
1. Mason Koeth, Nate Wauls, Robbie Ferlick, Nathan VanNatter 1:37.27
3. Cooper Mercer, Kiran George, David Johnson, Josh Einolf 1:41.85
 
1000 Free
1. JC Greenwood 10:50.75
 
200 Free
2. David Johnson 1:49.11  (PSAC)
3. Nathan VanNatter 1:51.18
 
50 Free
1. Robbie Ferlick 21.97
3. Connor Ludwig 22.87
Josh Einolf 23.23
 
200 IM
1. Alex Kissinger 2:03.62
Nate Wauls 2:15.66
 
200 Fly
1. Alex Kissinger 2:01.35 (PSAC)
David Johnson 2:08.83
Luke Roettger 2:15.85
 
100 Free
1. Zaidian Van Orden 49.60
2. Josh Einolf 49.63
 
200 Back
2. Kevin Noldy 2:05.94
3. Cooper Mercer 2:06.80
Luke Roettger 2:17.10
 
500 Free
1. Mason Koeth 4:55.01 (PSAC)
 
200 Breast
2. Kiran George 2:23.77
3. Nate Wauls 2:27.07
 
200 Free Relay
1. Mason Koeth, Connor Ludwig, Nathan VanNatter, Robbie Ferlick 1:27.63
2. Alex Kissinger, Zaidian Van Orden, Kevin Noldy, JC Greenwood 1:31.62