Men's Swimming | 2/24/2022 1:22:00 PM
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Bloomsburg swimmer
Andy Thomas (Harleysville, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) has been selected to compete at the NCAA DII Men's and Women's Swimming Championships as qualifiers for the event were announced Wednesday evening. The competition will be held March 9-12 in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Thomas is eligible to compete in four individual events due to his invite to the championships for the 200 freestyle (1:36.43) and 50 freestyle (19.73), two out of the four individual events that he won at the conference championships last weekend. Thomas has great potential to be an All-American as he is headed into Nationals seeded 8
th in the 200 freestyle and 13
th in the 50 free. Thomas will also be competing in the 100 free (44.04) and 100 breaststroke (54.94) as he is eligible to compete in those two events after making 'B' Cuts with his two winning times at the PSAC Championships.
Due to Thomas' individual invite, the 200-yard freestyle relay consisting of Thomas,
Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove),
Jace Fry (Palmyra, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and
Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) will also swim at the national championships. The relay team secured their position while competing in their mid-season meet in Akon, Ohio during a time-trial. The Huskies heads into the NCAA Championships ranked 18
th in the country with their time of 1:20.45 and continue to hold the fasted recorded time in the PSAC conference this season.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Andy Thomas, Pat Agnew, Jace Fry, Colin Hummel
Thomas currently holds the PSAC record for the 50 free and 100 free and was awarded as the Men's Most Outstanding Swimmer of the meet after the completion of PSAC championships. Thomas claimed four individual wins and was a crucial member to the men's runner-up finish as the leading point scorer of the meet with 763.50. The runner-up placement gives Bloomsburg's men a streak of six-straight seasons with a finish in the top two.
Additional information about the NCAA DII Men's and Swimming Championships can be found on the links provided at the top of this story.
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