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SHIP U. Men’s Swimming wins three events in competitive dual meet at IUP

The Shippensburg University men’s swimming team won three events Tuesday night but fell to IUP 124-80 at Pidgeon Natatorium. The Raiders recorded five performances that met Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships qualifying standards.

Mason Koeth won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.65, Alex Kissinger won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:00.24, and Ezekiel Eberly took first in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:56.62. All three times met conference qualifying standards.

Robbie Ferlick also qualified with a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.45 seconds. Ian Deck finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a qualifying time of 10:28.14.

Josh Einolf placed second in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke, recording times of 2:05.32 and 2:23.03, respectively. Mason Hockenberry finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.55 seconds and third in the 100-yard freestyle in 49.01 seconds.

Both Shippensburg relay teams finished second. Eberly, Hockenberry, Einolf and Ferlick completed the 200-yard medley relay in 1:38.15. Connor Ludwig, Koeth, Eberly and Kye Winslow finished the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:27.10.

Shippensburg will host Fairmont State at 5 p.m. Friday for a Homecoming meet at Donald N. Miller Pool.

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