Men's Swimming | 10/16/2026 11:55:00 PM
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Jack Drake (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg Area) delivered a victory in the 100-yard freestyle and added another strong sprint performance as the Bloomsburg men's swimming team competed against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival West Chester on Friday evening.
Drake highlighted the Huskies' individual performances by winning the 100 freestyle in 45.36 seconds, finishing more than a second ahead of West Chester's Till Schroeder (46.49). Drake opened with a 21.81-second split before closing in 23.55 to secure the victory.
The performance was particularly noteworthy as it was the top time in the event for the season so far. Drake also placed third in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.38, comfortably surpassing the conference qualifying standard of 22.45.
Tommy Houck gave Bloomsburg another strong showing in the 100 freestyle, finishing third in 47.65, while Ethan Coffman (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) earned runner-up honors in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:44.76. Both performances met the respective PSAC qualifying standards.
Brayden Kemezis (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) turned in one of the Huskies' strongest efforts in the 200 individual medley, placing third in 1:57.09. Kemezis finished just three-hundredths of a second behind West Chester's Nathan Noel for second place and met the PSAC championship standard of 2:00.37. He also recorded a 4:53.90 in the 500 freestyle, another conference-qualifying performance.
Ian Hamilton (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) added solid efforts in multiple events, placing fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.52 and finishing fifth overall in the 100 backstroke in 53.56. Both times were inside the PSAC qualifying marks.
In the 50 freestyle, Adler Zawodny (Hellertown, Pa./CCA) touched fifth in 21.90, followed by Tyler Tinsley (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) in sixth at 21.98. Both swimmers met the conference championship standard. Nick Lennon (Wilmington, Del./Saint Marks) contributed a fourth-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.11, also inside the PSAC qualifying mark of 53.51.
The Huskies closed the evening with a second-place performance in the 400 freestyle relay. Drake, Houck, Hamilton and Daryn Ginter (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Area) combined for a time of 3:08.81, with Drake opening the race in 45.70 and Hamilton producing a 46.45 split.
Bloomsburg also finished third in the 200 medley relay as John David Humphreys, Connor McClurkin (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), Lennon and Coffman combined for a time of 1:36.64.
The Huskies' performances featured several early-season conference qualifying times against a West Chester program that has traditionally ranked among the PSAC's strongest.
Bloomsburg returns to competition Friday, Oct. 30, when the Huskies travel to Penn State Behrend for a 5 p.m. meet.
