Men's Swimming | 12/11/2021 1:30:00 PM

The Bloomsburg Men's Swim Team success has continued as they find themselves entered in the Top 25 in Division II CSCAA rankings after their performance in Akron, Oh. over the previous weekend. The Huskies join PSAC counterpart, West Chester Golden Rams, in the Division II CSCAA rankings as the Rams are currently ranked No. 21, and the Huskies currently sit in the No. 25 spot.

At the Zippy Invitational the men posted a total of three new Team records, one tied #1 PSAC conference record, five #1 PSAC ranked events, six NCAA standards, and 18 new BU Top Ten Swims and one Co-PSAC Athlete of the week.
 
Leading the way for the Huskies was Junior Andy Thomas (Harleysville, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) leaving his mark at his first Zippy Invitational with an Individual Akron Champion in the 200-yard Freestyle and set a new Zippy Invitational Meet Record, and Ocasek Natatorium Record with a time of 1:36.43. Thomas also earned three individual Division II NCAA B cuts in the 50-yard freestyle, 100- free, 200-free and was a member of the men's 200-free relay that earned themselves the #1 PSAC ranking along with an NCAA B cut. Leading off the relay, Thomas broke his own 50-free record previous set earlier in the meet with a time of 19.73. With that time, he is currently ranked #1 in the PSAC and tied the #1 PSAC conference record. After his tremendous weekend, Thomas was awarded the Co-PSAC Athlete of the Week and looks ahead to a promising PSAC Championships.
 
Joining Thomas on the BU record board, senior Jace Fry (Palmyra, Pa./Lower Dauphin) slammed into the wall with a new BU record of 22.56 in the opening 50-yard backstroke split of the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Fry, Thomas, and seniors Nick Fiddler (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) and Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) earned themselves the #1 time for the event in the conference by nearly two seconds.
 
Hummel was a major contributor to the Huskies success this past weekend as he secured himself one individual NCAA B cut in the 50-yard freestyle as he posted a time of 20.46. He also was an instrumental part of the men's 200-free relay team that snagged the NCAA B cut by over a second as he anchored the event and was joined by teammates: Thomas, senior Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) and Fry. Being a crucial member to the men's sprint program, Hummel and his fellow teammates are currently ranked #1 in the PSAC for the 200-free relay, 400-free relay and 200-medley relay.
 
Fiddler was the final member of the Huskies to receive a Division II NCAA B standard cut in the 100-yard butterfly. Fiddler finished 11^th overall in the B-finals at the Zippy Invitational with a time of 48.88. With that time, he cracked the BU top-10 list and is currently ranked #2 in the event for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Fiddler was just 0.66 away from the school record in the 100-fly and has been a crucial member to the team since his transfer to BU in the previous year.
 
The Huskies are excited to get back in the pool and look ahead to their time training over the holidays as they prepare themselves for the rest of the season and their next meet on Saturday, January 15^th against Dickinson University at the Nelson Field House.