Shippensburg University’s swim teams traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, to compete in their last regular season meet at the Navy Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 30.

For the women’s team, senior Carolyn Meier led the way in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle with times of 25.74, 55.19 and 2:01.22, respectively.

Senior Rikki Sargent swam a 4:56.16 in the 400-yard individual medley (IM) and a 1:09.71 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Freshmen Carly Alvarado had an impressive performance in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke, with finishing times of 1:00.47 in the 100 and 2:13.52 in the 200.

Sophomore Erin Fife held her own in the 200-yard butterfly (2:17.67) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.81). Sophomores Rhyan Rodriguez and MacKenna Angert had strong swims as well, with Rodriguez finishing the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.13 and Angert finishing the 500-yard freestyle in 5:26.67.

The men’s team had many impressive performances from swimmers, such as sophomore Quinton Beck who swam a PSAC qualifying time of 4:32.32 in the IM.

Junior Tyler Clisham qualified for the conference meet as well in both the 50-yard freestyle (22.81) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.86). Freshman Sam Schwartz swam a personal best in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at a low 57.08.

Sophomore Kristian Voulopos swam the 50-yard freestyle in 22.58, the 100-yard backstroke in 56.02 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:05.52.

Other stand-out swims included Jake Dunnigan in the 100-yard freestyle (49.68), 200-yard IM (2:01.21), 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.30) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.43) and junior Shaun Smith in the 100-yard butterfly (55.63).

SU’s men’s team finished the day with a 1:31.28 in the 200-yard freestyle relay swum by senior Stefan Szilagyi, freshman Shane Kaliszewski, Smith and Voulopos.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will spend the next three weeks preparing for the PSAC meet which is to be held at the York YMCA from Feb. 18-21.

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