The Penn State men’s swimming team cruised past Bloomsburg, 120.5-73.5, Friday evening in Nelson Field House Pool. The Nittany Lions won the first eight events before swimming the remaining three as exhibitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appreciate Bloomsburg for having us,\u201d said Penn State head coach Tim Murphy.<\/strong> \u201cIt was a good meet to get us started and get our focus back on racing. It gave us an idea where we are and what is showing up in the races.\u201d<\/p>\n Top Swims<\/strong><\/p>\n Junior Hayden Harlow<\/strong> clinched two career-best times with wins in the 1000 free (9:30.40) and the 100 fly (49.64). Along with Harlow, teammate Eben Krigger<\/strong> also led the team with multiple top-two finishes, placing first in the 200 free (1:41.20), and second in the 100 free (47.00).<\/p>\n The two senior captains, Liam Veregin<\/strong> and Austin Wilson<\/strong> both secured a win for the Nittany Lions; Veregin in the 100 free with a time of 46.55, and Wilson in the 100 back with 51.26.<\/p>\n Sophomore William Lulek \u00a0<\/strong>and junior Gabe Castano<\/strong> each added points for the Nittany Lions this evening after clinching first in their respective events with Lulek winning the 200 IM (1:53.37) and Castano in the 50 free (20.44).<\/p>\n Jacob Deckman<\/strong> posted the fastest time in the 500 free (4:38.53) and Daniel Raisanen<\/strong> did the same in the 100 breast (57.26).<\/p>\n Other notable second-place finishes included; Sam Rennard<\/strong> placing second in the 1000 Free (9:36.50), William Roberson<\/strong> in the 200 free (1:42.11), Michael Daly<\/strong> in the 200 IM (1:53.40), Zac Zwijacz<\/strong> in the 100 Fly (49.74), and newcomer Lachlan Byrne<\/strong> in the 100 back (51.33).<\/p>\n Nittany Lion Relays<\/strong><\/p>\n The team of Veregin, Castano, Roberson, and Brad Johnson<\/strong> finished first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:31.66. Right behind them, teammates Wilson, Daniel Raisanen, Juliusz Gosieniecki,<\/strong> and Matthew DiNunzio<\/strong> placed second with 1:31.67.<\/p>\n Event Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n 1000 free – Hayden Harlow (9:30.40) \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Penn State Swimming. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Penn State men’s swimming team cruised past Bloomsburg, 120.5-73.5, Friday evening in Nelson Field House Pool. The Nittany Lions won the first eight events before swimming the remaining three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":111151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[50185,62136,56741,120498,120494,69481,58986,59739,57348,83784,117238,21703,71536,120495,120496,120497],"class_list":["post-411454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-austin-wilson","tag-big-10-swimming","tag-bloomsburg","tag-brad-johnson","tag-eben-krigger","tag-gabe-castano","tag-hayden-harlow","tag-liam-veregin","tag-mens-swimming","tag-michael-daly","tag-ncaa-mens-swimming","tag-penn-state","tag-sam-rennard","tag-william-lulek","tag-william-roberson","tag-zac-zwijacz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\n200 free – Eben Krigger (1:41.20)
\n100 back – Austin Wilson\u00a0 (51.26)
\n50 free – Gabe Castano (20.44)
\n200 IM – William Lulek \u00a0(1:53.37)
\n100 fly – Hayden Harlow (49.64)
\n100 free – Liam Veregin (46.55)<\/p>\n