The Shippensburg University men's swimming team performed at a high level Saturday for a solid day of competition at the Gettysburg Invitational with a morning and an evening timed finals session at Bullet Natatorium.
 
A total of 10 individual and three relay events were held within the two sessions. The team opened with the 200-yard medley relay, with the group of sophomore Mason Koeth, senior Nathan VanNatter, freshman Josh Einolf, and sophomore Robbie Ferlick taking runner-up with a time of 1:33.60.
 
The Raiders picked up two scoring performances in the 100-yard butterfly: Koeth and senior David Johnson. Koeth swam 51.86 seconds to take 10th overall, and Johnson had a swim of 52.41 seconds to place 12th. Both satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standard.
 
The 200-yard freestyle was highlighted by Ferlick, who swam 1:46.09 to take sixth overall in the event.
 
The 100-yard breaststroke had five Raiders score and two earn PSAC standards. Johnson nearly dipped under a minute, swimming 1:00.08 to take fourth overall, while Einolf swam 1:01.26 to take 11th place.
 
Freshman Alex Kissinger was the lone Raider in the 100-yard backstroke, which was the final individual race of the morning session, swimming the race in 55.15 seconds to take 10th place and earn the PSAC standard.
 
To begin the evening session, Kissinger was also the only representative in the 200-yard backstroke, dipping under two minutes with his time of 1:59.38 to take eighth place.
 
Three Raiders scored in the 100-yard freestyle: Koeth, sophomore Connor Ludwig, and Johnson. Koeth took fifth with a 47.09 second swim, Ludwig eighth in 47.43, and Johnson finished 14th with his time of 48.03 seconds.
 
Ferlick and senior Zaidian Van Orden both scored in the 200-yard breaststroke, taking ninth and 10th place respectively. Ferlick swam 2:22.72 while Van Orden swam 2:30.54.
 
The final individual event of the session and weekend, the 200-yard butterfly, saw two Raiders score and one earn the PSAC standard. Sophomore Luke Roettger held on at the end of the race to narrowly edge the PSAC cut (2:03.62) by exactly one tenth of a second, swimming 2:03.52 and placing 10th. Einolf also competed, swimming 2:04.63 and taking 12th overall.
 
The final race of the weekend, the 400-yard freestyle relay, saw the Raiders repeat as the victors of the race. The team of Koeth, Ferlick, Ludwig and senior Nathan VanNatter all split under 47 seconds to swim a 3:06.04, which was the fastest non-exhibition time.
 
Johnson, junior Kevin Noldy, Kissinger, and sophomore Cooper Mercer (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) raced to finish fifth in the event, touching the wall at 3:13.93.
 
On the weekend, the Raiders amassed 19 total PSAC standards and 32 scoring performances through the two days of competition. SU finished fourth in the team standings with 429 points.
 
Having completed its meet schedule for the fall semester, the Raiders will be back in action in a dual meet when they travel to Edinboro on Jan. 10.
 
Saturday AM:
 
200 Medley Relay
2. Mason Koeth, Nathan VanNatter, Josh Einolf, Robbie Ferlick 1:33.60
6. Kevin Noldy, Kiran George, David Johnson, Connor Ludwig 1:36.30
 
400 IM
No entries
 
100 Fly
10. Mason Koeth 51.86 (PSAC)
12. David Johnson 52.41 (PSAC)
Nathan VanNatter 53.53 (PSAC)
Luke Roettger 55.35
Cooper Mercer 56.26
Kiran George 58.11
Nate Wauls 1:00.18
 
200 Free
6. Robbie Ferlick 1:46.07 (PSAC)
12. Connor Ludwig 1:49.33
Kiran George 1:55.51
 
100 Breast
4. David Johnson 1:00.08 (PSAC)
11. Josh Einolf 1:01.26 (PSAC)
13. Cooper Mercer 1:04.70
14. Kevin Noldy 1:05.38
15. Zaidian Van Orden 1:08.02
 
100 Back
10. Alex Kissinger 55.15 (PSAC)
 
800 Free Relay
No entries
 
Saturday PM:
 
1650 Free
No entries
 
200 Back
8. Alex Kissinger 1:59.38 (PSAC)
 
100 Free
5. Mason Koeth 47.09 (PSAC)
8. Connor Ludwig 47.43 (PSAC)
14. David Johnson 48.03 (PSAC)
Cooper Mercer 50.25
Kiran George 50.64
 
200 Breast
9. Robbie Ferlick 2:22.72
10. Zaidian Van Orden 2:30.54
 
200 Fly
10. Luke Roettger 2:03.52 (PSAC)
12. Josh Einolf 2:04.63
 
400 Free Relay
1. Mason Koeth, Robbie Ferlick, Connor Ludwig, Nathan VanNatter 3:06.04
5. David Johnson, Kevin Noldy, Alex Kissinger, Cooper Mercer 3:13.93