Shippensburg University´s men´s and women´s swimming teams travelled to Bloomsburg on Saturday for their second meet of the year.
They recorded 10 individual wins and 13 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) standards over both teams.
The women won six out of their 12 individual contested events.
Senior Alyssa Tomb impressed, winning both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.96) and the 400-yard IM (4:45.62) with PSAC cut times.
Freshman Jazz Barry also won two events, the 50-yard freestyle in 25.84 seconds and then the 100-yard breaststroke with a PSAC qualifying time of 1:09.24.
Senior Michaela Hersh won her 200-yard butterfly race with a PSAC cut of 2:17.92 and finished second in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.57.
To start off the meet, the women went 1-2 in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Junior Allie Keeling won in 11:16.19 and freshman Michelle Kubiak swam second in 11:19.64.
In the 200-yard backstroke, sophomore transfer Makennah Fickett placed second in a PSAC-cut time of 2:15.27.
Both the 200 Medley relay and the 200 Free relay of the women finished with a third place in their race.
The men´s swimming team won four individual events and notched eight PSAC standards.
Freshman Mason Koeth impressed with two PSAC cuts and a win. He won the 100-yard butterfly with a PSAC cut of 51.66 seconds, just 0.23 seconds off the all-time SU Top 10 in the event. Koeth then placed third in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.89, also a PSAC cut.
Junior David Johnson also notched two PSAC qualifying standards. Johnson finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle with times of 10:23.40 and 4:59.40.
SU impressed with wins in both freestyle sprints and a total of three PSAC cuts. Freshman Robbie Ferlick won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.83 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 48.17 seconds, both times being PSAC qualifying standards. Matthew Beard added a PSAC-cut in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.37 seconds.
Senior Michael Salvatori also achieved two PSAC cuts. He won the 200-yard backstroke (1.57.29) and placed second in the 400-yard IM in 4:21.51.
To end the meet, the men´s 200 free relay placed second in a time of 1:27.81.
On Wednesday, the men and the women will have their home opener against Indiana University of Pennsylvania at the Donald N. Miller Pool at 5 p.m.
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