Dix recovered and rolling for Bloomsburg swimming
Kyle Dix missed his sophomore season with the Bloomsburg men’s swim team recovering from double labrum surgery on his shoulders. It wasn’t sure what to expect from the junior this season but he has shown the coaching staff and his teammates he hasn’t missed a beat and is performance against Penn State on Jan. 19 in University Park was a jaw-dropper.
Dix, from Schwenksville and a Perkiomen Valley, won both of his events against the Nittany Lions who won the meet 151-104. He captured the 50 freestyle in 20.92. Then, he took the 100 butterfly in 50.20. And, he swam legs on both the 200 medley and 200 free relays that finished third, the latter awarded first place because Penn State’s teams swam as an exhibition.
The performance earned Dix PSAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week honors last Tuesday. It’s the third time this season that he’s earned the honor.
“Kyle continues to amaze both the staff and his teammates with his performances,” coach Stu Marvin said. “He is currently ranked 14th in Division II in the 100 fly and 23rd in the 50 free so his chances of returning to the NCAA Championships for a third time are very good at this stage of the season. His effort in the butterfly against Penn State was encouraging because of the demand it places on the shoulders.”
Dix was an All-American in his first two seasons with the Huskies and holds the school record in the 200 freestyle (1:40.43) and is a member of all five recordbreaking relay teams. He also stands second in the 100 butterfly (48.56) and 200 butterfly (1:51.44), is third in the 50 free (20.07) and 100 free (45.08) and fourth in the 200 IM (55.25) on the school’s all-time performance list.
The redshirt sophomore heavyweight improved to 13-2 on the season for the Lehigh wrestling team with its fifth straight dual win, 28-6 over Navy on Jan. 20. Wood was ranked No. 4 at 285 in the first NCA A Wrestling Coaches’ Panel Rankings, released on Jan. 24.
Lehigh is 5-7 on the dual season but is 4-1 in the Eastern Interscholastic Wrestling Association standings, trailing only Army (5-0).
In last Sunday’s win over Navy, Jordan Wood blanked Thomas Ott, 5-0. Earlier in the match, redshirt freshman Luke Resnick (Owen J. Roberts) scored a takedown with 24 seconds left in the first period which eventually led to his first career dual meet win as he topped Jacob Allen 3-1 at 125.
“He’s been getting better and better but we hadn’t seen it in the matches yet,” head coach Pat Santoro said of Resnick (2-10). “Getting two takedowns yesterday and another today, he’s starting to believe now. That can take him a long way.”
The 6-foot-2 red-shirt junior is having a solid season with the Fairfield women’s basketball team, the Stags 4-14 overall and 1-6 in Middle Atlantic Athletic Conference play after a 55-42 victory over Iona last Thursday in New Rochelle, N.Y. The St. Joseph’s transfer had 10 points in the game and is averaging 10.4 points and 4.6 rebounds a game with 27 assists, 19 steals and 10 blocked shots. Armstrong has led the team in scoring in five games.
The junior finished fourth out of 36 runners in the 5,000 meter race for the West Chester men’s indoor track team at the NYC Gotham Cup on Jan. 18 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. His time of 15:29.62 was a PSAC qualifier. On Jan. 11, Smiley finished fifth in the 3,000 meter run in 9:25.33 at the Golden Bear Invitational on Jan. 11 in Kutztown. Freshman Myles Hovan (Methacton) competes in the 800 meter run for the Golden Rams.
The junior opened the season with the East Stroudsburg women’s indoor track team by posting a pair of personal records. Vledder finished second in the 5,000 meter run at Bucknell’s Gulden Invitational on Jan. 19 in Lewisburg with a time of 18:43.46. She opened the season by finishing fourth in the mile at the Golden Bear Invitational on Jan. 11 in Kutztown with a time of 5:43.43. Both efforts were PSAC qualifiers.
The freshman is off to a great start in her career with the Rider women’s indoor track team. She finished second out of 29 runners in the 3,000 meter run at the Spartan Invitational on Jan. 11 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. with a personal best time of 10:10.95. Schein-Becker also posted a personal best when she finished 10th out of 45 runners in the mile at the Wagner College Invitational on Jan. 4, also in Staten Island, with a time of 5:15.85.
The sophomore kicked off her season with the Queens (N.C.) women’s indoor track team by finishing third in the 1,000 meter run at the JDL January Kickoff on Jan. 13 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Her time was a personal record 3:14.0. She also helped the 4x400 relay finish seventh in 4:21.44. Kasitz finished 10th, the second Division III runner, in the 800 meter run at the Wake Forest Invitational Jan. 19-20, also in Winston-Salem, with a time of 2:26.06.
The junior finished second out of 36 runners in the 800 meter run for the Moravian men’s indoor track team at the Collegeville Classic on Jan. 19. His time was 1:57.08 and it was his first individual attempt of the winter. Beasley-Turner opened the season by helping the 4x800 relay finish sixth in 8:27.08 at Lehigh’s Fast Times Before Finals meet on Dec. 7-8 in Bethlehem. He finished fourth in the 800 (2:00.28) and was part of the DMR that finished first (10:55.36) at the Landmark Conference Championships last February.
The senior guard has been solid all season for the 9-10 Gwynedd Mercy women’s basketball team but she has had three solid games in a row to help the Griffins post victories in all three. She had 18 points in a 77-45 victory over Valley Forge on Jan. 14, 14 points in a 79-57 triumph over Wesley on Jan. 16 and 22 points in an 85-81 victory over Marywood last Saturday. Bossler leads the team in scoring (14.1), is second in assists (43) and is averaging 4.6 rebounds with 18 steals.
The 5-foot-6 sophomore had a busy day for the Emory women’s indoor track team at the college’s Emory Invitational on Jan. 20 in Birmingham, Ala. Biondi finished second in the long jump with a 17-foot, 5 ¼ inch effort. She didn’t score in her other events but posted personal bests in three of them – 2:47.42 in the 800 meter run, 10.01 in the 60 meter hurdles and 4 feet, 5 inches in the high jump. She also posted a shot put heave of 24 feet, 4¼ inches.
The 6-foot, 175-pound sophomore has been a versatile performer and a point scorer for the Drew men’s swim team, the Rangers 3-3 in the first semester and having its first second half meet on Jan. 19 against Scranton postponed. Longacre competes in the 100, 500 and 1000 freestyle, the 100 and the 200 backstroke and the 200 and 400 IM. He’s third on the team’s performance list in the 100 back (59.81), the 200 back (2:06.33) and the 400 IM (4:34.10).