ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Shippensburg University men's swimming team took to the pool on Saturday at the Navy Invitational for its last regular season competition before the PSAC Championships and recorded seven PSAC cuts from Lejeune Hall.

Juniors Eric Naylor and Sean Minford along with sophomore Ryan Westley each recorded multiple cuts that met the PSAC qualifying standard.

Naylor swam the 100-yard backstroke in 55.16 seconds and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:00.18, placing fourth. He also achieved a PSAC cut in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.41 seconds.

Minford touched the wall in 55.43 seconds for the 100-yard backstroke and later finished the 400-yard individual medley in 4:21.94 – good enough for an eighth-place finish.

Westley continued to swim well in sprint freestyle events – finishing the 50 in 21.93 seconds and the 100 in 48.23 seconds.  

Over the course of the next three weeks, SU will rigorously train and taper in preparation for the postseason.

The PSAC Championships will be held February 16-19 at Cumberland Valley High School in New Kingstown.

200 Free Relay
9. Eddie LaNoue, Chris Bankert, Sean Minford, Shawn Robbins 1:30.03
11. Dean Rusciolelli, Jake Zalkind, Mike Keefe, Ryan Westley 1:32.28

200 IM
21. Tyler Robertson 2:09.27
22. Tyler Prete 2:09.38
24. Evan Manning 2:10.18
25. Mike Keefe 2:11.16
26. Tyler McLaughlin 2:11.51
27. Eddie LaNoue  2:12.97
28. Chris Bankert 2:15.59

500 Free
12. Brennan Wolter 5:00.49

100 Back
9. Eric Naylor 55.16 (PSAC)
11. Sean Minford 55.43 (PSAC)
22. Tyler Robertson 57.90
24. Dean Rusciolelli 58.19
25. Tyler Minford 58.31
26. Jeff Mikitka 1:00.66
27. Chris Bankert 1:02.33
28. Jake Zalkind 1:03.14

100 Breast
14. Tyler Prete 1:02.22
21. Evan Manning 1:03.20
26. Eddie LaNoue 1:03.75
34. Allen Koederitz 1:07.04

200 Fly
10. Jeff Mikitka 2:11.35

100 Free
15. Ryan Westley 48.23 (PSAC)
28. Mike Keefe 50.36
30. Shawn Robbins 50.84
31. Dean Rusciolelli 51.31
32. Jake Zalkind 52.12
33. Evan Manning 52.35
34. Allen Koederitz 52.38
35. Brennan Wolter 52.42
36. Tyler Prete 53.11

200 Medley Relay
9. Ryan Westley, Evan Manning, Eric Naylor, Eddie LaNoue 1:38.67
11. Dean Rusciolelli, Tyler Prete, Mike Keefe, Shawn Robbins 1:42.74
12. Jake Zalkind, Tyler McLaughlin, Allen Koederitz, Chris Bankert 1:51.49

400 IM
8. Sean Minford 4:21.94 (PSAC)

100 Fly
13. Eric Naylor 53.41 (PSAC)
24. Ryan Westley 55.46
30. Jeff Mikitka 56.28
35. Tyler Minford 59.52
36. Allen Koederitz 1:00.10
37. Chris Bankert 1:01.75
38. Shawn Robbins 1:03.18

200 Free
24. Eddie LaNoue 1:52.29
25. Dean Rusciolelli 1:52.47
26. Brennan Wolter 1:53.21
28. Tyler McLaughlin 1:56.35

200 Back
4. Eric Naylor 2:00.18 (PSAC)
10. Tyler Robertson 2:05.47

200 Breast
15. Tyler Minford 2:20.91

50 Free
7. Ryan Westley 21.93 (PSAC)
19. Shawn Robbins 22.80
20. Mike Keefe 22.83
23. Sean Minford 23.25
28. Jake Zalkind 24.13
29. Tyler McLaughlin 24.45