Men's Swimming | 10/19/2024 11:08:00 PM

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – The Bloomsburg men's swimming team picked up 13 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying times at the West Chester and Lehigh University dual meet, Saturday afternoon.
 
Matthew Boehme had the first PSAC time of the day for the Huskies as he took fifth overall in the 1,650-yard free. Boehme touched the wall for the final time at 17:23.33. Michael Huegel (Springfield, Pa./Spriingfield) took sixth with a time of 17:46.99.
 
Sophomore Ethan Coffman (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) finished fourth in an extremely competitive 200-yard freestyle race. Coffman posted a PSAC time of 1:45.44, less than two seconds off the lead swimmer. Freshman Brayden Kemezis (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) finished seventh overall with a time of 1:46.81. Kemezis later took eighth overall in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:56.73 for his PSAC qualifying time.
 
Andrew Holmes (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) posted a pair of PSAC times as he took sixth in the 50-yard free at 21.77 and fourth in the 100-yard free with a time of 47.55. Ian Hamilton (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) joined Holmes in collecting PSAC times in the same two races. Hamilton finished 7^th in the 50 free with a time of 21.79 and fifth in the 100 free at 47.96.
 
Nick Zaffiro (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) also had a pair of PSAC times as he took fifth in the 200-yard IM at 1:58.06 and fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:12.33. Connor McClurkin (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) and Constantin Buga (Philadlephia, Pa./Northeast) also had a PSAC times in the 200-breaststroke. McClukin took sixth overall with a time of 2:13.67 and Buga finished seventh at 2:15.18.
 
Adler Zawodny (Hellertown, Pa./CCA) took eighth overall in the 100-yard free with a PSAC time of 48.17 to join Holmes and Hamilton.
 
The Huskies' 200-yard freestyle relay team of Hamilton, Tanner Glatfelter (Dover, Pa./Dover), Holmes, and Coffman finished second overall with a time of 1:25.80. Hamilton led off the race with a split of 21.96, a PSAC qualifying time, although his time in the 50-yard free race was faster.

Bloomsburg gets back in the pool Friday, November 1 when the Huskies host Kutztown and Edinboro in their first home meet of the year at 5:00 p.m.