Men's Swimming | 2/23/2019 11:28:00 PM

COMPLETE SATURDAY RESULTS

YORK, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University men's swimming team ended the 2019 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships on a high note with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay on Saturday night as the Huskies finished second at the conference meet for the fourth straight year and sixth time in the last seven seasons.

Bloomsburg finished with 699 points in the team standings, trailing only West Chester's total of 858 points which gave it a 21st consecutive conference championship. Gannon finished third with a total of 434 points.

The Huskies picked up their second relay title of the week as they capped off the four-day event with the championship in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Bloomsburg's foursome of redshirt junior Kyle Dix (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley), junior Colin Bauer (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), junior Jordan Wyant (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity), and sophomore Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) teamed up for a time of 3:02.02 to earn the win. For Dix, it was his fourth victory at the meet as he also won the 100-yard butterfly, the 100-yard breaststroke, and was a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay winning team.

Freshman Colton Schnars (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte) ended a brilliant rookie season by breaking the school record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.55 to give him a second-place finish in the event. The time broke his previous record of 1:49.81 he established earlier this season. Junior Corey Smith (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) placed eighth in the finals with a time of 2:00.60 a short time after placing fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:12.02.

Freshman Carson Hilliard (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) was sixth in the "B" final of the 200-yard backstroke - 14th overall - with a time of 1:56.35 while senior Nathan Mihalko (Windber, Pa./Richland) was eighth in the "B" final with a time of 2:02.18.

Joining Smith in the 1650-yard freestyle was junior Doug Boehme (Blue Bell, Pa./Buxmont Christian Academy) who was fourth after the morning finals in the event and was able to post an 11th-place result with a time of 16:48.63.

Dix narrowly missed his third individual win of the week in the 100-yard freestyle as he posted a personal-best time of 44.94 for an NCAA "B" mark. Wyant was sixth overall with a time of 46.26 while Wyant was right behind in seventh, touching the wall in 46.29. Freshmen Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) and Jace Fry (Palmyra, Pa./Lower Dauphin) placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in the "B" final. Agnew posted a time of 47.78 while Fry came in at 47.83.

Finally, in the 200-yard breaststroke, redshirt sophomore Matt Rocchi (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) posted a personal-best time of 2:06.75 to place fourth in the event. Sophomore Noah Cancro (Limerick, Pa./Spring-Ford) was sixth with a time of 2:09.67 while senior Philip Nawn (Media, Pa./Penncrest) was seventh coming in at 2:11.02. Freshman Nicholas Madey (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) won the "B" final with a time of 2:08.13 while senior Matthew Schulz (Norristown, Pa./Methacton) was seventh in the "B" final with a time of 2:14.93.

While the meet concludes the season for the Huskies, Dix will hopefully secure a spot at the NCAA Division II National Championships from March 13 through March 16 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The selections will be announced in the coming week.

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BLOOMSBURG RESULTS

1650-yard freestyle
4. Corey Smith (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) – 16:12.02
11. Doug Boehme (Blue Bell, Pa./Buxmont Christian Academy) – 16:48.63
20. Cameron Junk (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) – 17:12.99

100-yard freestyle
2. Kyle Dix (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) – 44.94 (NCAA "B")
6. Jordan Wyant (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) – 46.26
7. Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) – 46.29
15. Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) – 47.78
16. Jace Fry (Palmyra, Pa./Lower Dauphin) – 47.83

200-yard backstroke
2. Colton Schnars (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte) – 1:49.55 (NCAA "B" / school record)
8. Corey Smith (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) – 2:00.60
14. Carson Hilliard (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) – 1:56.35
16. Nathan Mihalko (Windber, Pa./Richland) – 2:02.18

200-yard breaststroke
4. Matt Rocchi (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) – 2:06.75
6. Noah Cancro (Limerick, Pa./Spring-Ford) – 2:09.67
7. Philip Nawn (Media, Pa./Penncrest) – 2:11.02
9. Nicholas Madey (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) – 2:08.13
15. Matthew Schulz (Norristown, Pa./Methacton) – 2:14.93
20. Matt Marvin (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) – 2:23.29

400-yard freestyle relay
1. Kyle Dix (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley), Colin Bauer (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), Jordan Wyant (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity), Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) – 3:02.02 (PSAC Champion)