Men's Swimming | 11/3/2024 10:24:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg men's swimming team collected 17 PSAC Championship qualifying times and won seven races as the Huskies defeated Susquehanna, 120-55, Saturday afternoon.
 
The 200-medley relay team of Peter Angotti (Auburn, N.Y./Southern Cayuga), Connor McClurkin (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), Adler Zawodny (Hellertown, Pa./CCA), and Jack Drake (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg Area) started the meet off on the right foot for the Huskies with a win as they touched the wall at 1:37.15. The Huskies also took second as the team of Ian Hamilton (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands), Tanner Glatfelter (Dover, Pa./Dover), Josh Mansfield (/), and Cole Verga (Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence) finished at 1:37.90.
 
Brayden Kemezis (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) won the 200-yard freestyle with a PSAC qualifying time of 1:46.65 while Hamilton (2^nd – 1:53.08) and Tyler Tinsley (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) (3^rd – 1:54.25) each posted season-best times for the Huskies.
 
Drake won the third-straight race for the Huskies with a PSAC-qualifying time of 21.68 while Verga posted his PSAC qualifying time as he took second at 22.50. Sean Witmer (Millmont, Pa./Mifflinburg) posted a season-best time of 23.02 to take third and Maximilian Butkiewicz (Longhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) finished fourth at 23.67.
 
Bloomsburg got its fourth-straight win as Nick Zaffiro (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) took first in the 400-IM with a season-best time of 4:11.46. Matthew Boehme also earned a spot in the PSAC Championships as he took second at 4:12.72 and Constantin Buga (Philadlephia, Pa./Northeast) took third with his PSAC qualifying time of 4:26.00. Luke Willard (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) finished fourth with a PSAC time of 4:26.17 and Chad Jones (Akron, Pa./Ephrata) had a season-best time of 4:28.63 to finish fifth.
 
Andrew Holmes (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) won the 100-yard butterfly with a PSAC time of 53.52 and Kemezis earned his second PSAC time with a second-place finish at 53.63. Glatfelter posted a season-best time of 54.48 to take third overall and Angotti finished fourth with a season-best time of 54.57. Mansfield and Connor Hunt (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) tied for fifth with a season-best time for both swimmers of 55.43.
 
The sixth win of the day went to Drake who won the 100-yard freestyle with a PSAC qualifying time of 46.62. Boehme got his second season-best time as he took second with a time of 49.72. Tinsley took third overall at 50.22.
 
Hamilton won the seventh race for the Huskies with a PSAC-time of 54.37 in the 100-yard backstroke. Verga earned a spot in the PSAC Championships with a second-place finish at 54.90 and Ethan Coffman (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) earned his spot with a third-place finish at 55.74. Zawodny took fourth with a season-best time of 56.16.
 
A trio of Huskies swam as an exhibition in the 100-yard breaststroke and collected PSAC times with season-bests. Holmes finished at 57.96 and Witmer touched the wall at 58.69. Glatfelter swam a 58.69.
 
The 400-free relay team of Coffman, Michael Huegel (Springfield, Pa./Spriingfield), Tinsley, and Nick Zaffiro (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) exhibitioned their race but posted the season-best time for the Huskies of  3:17.92.
The Huskies return to the pool next Friday when they host Clarion and Lycoming College for a 5:00 p.m. meet at Nelson Field House Pool.