Feiser, Dix fuel Bloom’s run to NCAAs
Local duo helps Huskies to DII championship meet
“Sam was simply outstanding at the PSAC Championships. It was the best performance in a championship meet by any Huskie swimmer in the 57 years of the program.”
– Bloomsburg men’s swimming coach Stu Marvin on the performance of Sam Feiser (Owen J. Roberts) at the PSAC Championships
Sam Feiser and Kyle Dix are headed to the NCAA Division II Swim Championships March 8-11 in Birmingham, Ala.
The duo helped Bloomsburg finish second in the PSAC Championships Feb. 16-19 in York.
Junior Feiser (Owen J. Roberts) qualified in three events at the PSACs. He became the first swimmer in league history to break 20 seconds when he captured the 50 freestyle in 19.98. That’s the seventh fastest time on the NCAA performance list. He’s also 16th in the 100 free (44.42) and 21st in the 200 butterfly (1:48.95). Feiser captured those titles as well as being a member of two winning relay teams.
“Sam was simply outstanding at the PSAC Championships,” coach Stu Marvin said. “It was the best performance in a championship meet by any Huskie swimmer in the 57 years of the program.”
Sophomore Dix (Perkiomen Valley) earned the NCAA berth by finishing second to Feiser in the 50 free in 20.10. He also finished
second in the 100 butterfly (49.01) and third in the 200 butterfly (1:51.44) and the 100 freestyle (45.24). While he qualified in just one event, he can swim races where he posted a B cut time. Dix was also on three winning relay teams and the Huskies will be able to compete in all five relays at the nationals.
“Sam will swim the 50 and 100 free and the 100 and 200 butterfly plus three relays while Kyle will swim the 50 and 100 free and the 100 butterfly and with four relays,” Marvin said. “Both of them are projected to make the finals in the 50 free and three or four of the relays. I think the 200 and 400 medley and the 400 free relays will easily make the consolation final and have a real shot at making the championship final.” CONNOR CHOATE (DANIEL BOONE) » The 6-foot-2 junior outside hitter/libero leads the No. 15 ranked Marymount men’s volleyball team in digs with 76. He also has 27 kills and 14 assists. He had 15 digs in a 3-2 loss to Mount St. Joseph’s on Jan. 28 and had 10 digs in a 3-0 triumph over Alvernia on Feb. 18. The Saints are 8-3 overall and 3-1 in the Continental Volleyball Conference after a 3-2 victory over defending CVC champion Stevenson on Feb. 22. Choate had eight digs and three assists in the match. HALEY PRESCHUTTI (SPRINGFORD) » The Richmond junior captured the 1,000 meter run at the Atlantic-10 Conference Indoor Track Championships Feb. 18-19 in Fairfax, Va. She was sixth in the prelims but came on strong to finish first with a time of 2:55.57. She also ran a leg on the distance medley relay that won with a time of 11:42.64 and helped the 4x800 relay finish fourth in 9:09.62. Preschutti’s personal best in the mile came when she finished 14th at the Armory Track Invitational on Feb. 4 in New York City with a time of 2:54.45. MORGAN SCHREIBER (POTTSGROVE) » The York junior defended his title in the 100 backstroke and finished first in the 200 backstroke at the Capital Athletic Conference Swim Championships Feb. 17-19 in St. Mary’s City, Md. His time in the 100 was 59.95 and his time in the 200 was 1:52.62. He also finished fourth in the 200 butterfly (1:58.33) and swam legs on the 400 medley relay which finished first (3:29.78), the 200 medley that finished second (1:35.18), the 800 free that finished second (87:03.05) and the 200 free that finished third (1:25.68). PAYTON MILES (THE HILL SCHOOL) » The Lehigh freshman earned Patriot League first team honors after capturing the 50 freestyle at the league swim championships Feb. 19 in Lewisburg. Miles, from Limerick, posted a NCAA B cut time of 22.80. She also helped the 400 free relay finish second in 3:21.37 and the 200 free relay finish third with a time of 1:32.71. She helped the Mountain Hawks finish third in the team standings with 528 points, the highest finish for the team since 2003. SAM LAVRICH (METHACTON) » The junior diver helped the Wagner women’s swim team finish third with a total of 578.5 points at the Northeast Conference Championship Feb. 18 in Cambridge, Mass. Lavrich finished fourth in the 3-meter dive with a score of 252.75 and came up less than a point short of reaching the podium. She also finished sixth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 226.90. She captured the 3-meter dive as a freshman and was named Diver of the Meet. CODY WEILER (BOYERTOWN) » The junior had a solid performance for the Washington College men’s swim team in the Centennial Conference Championships Feb. 17-19 in Lancaster. He swam a leg on the 200 medley relay which finished second in a school-record time of 1:33.60. He was also a member of the 200 free (1:22.99) and 400 free (3:07.88) that finished third and the 400 medley (3:39.35) that finished sixth. Individually, he finished fourth in the 50 free (21.21), eighth in the 100 backstroke (53.53) and 12th in the 100 free (47.82). SHELBY MUELLER (SPRINGFORD) » The 5-foot-11 junior was named to the MAC Commonwealth first team on Feb. 23 for her outstanding play with the Lycoming women’s basketball team. At the time the award was announced, Mueller was leading the Warriors in scoring (13.2), rebounding (7.9) and blocked shots (29). She was second in steals (43) and had 29 assists. She’s hit 129 of 277 shots from the field (45.6 percent) and has nine double-doubles. She had a career high 26 points in a 74-59 victory over King’s on Nov. 19. BRIANNA COMPORT (BOYERTOWN) » The 5-foot-4 senior and her Bridgeport women’s gymnastics teammates traveled to Los Angeles on Feb. 20 to face UCLA and Utah State in Pauley Pavilion. The Purple Knights finished third with 193.225 points and got a solid effort from Comport in the floor exercise. She finished tied for fourth with a teammate with a score of 9.850. Prior to that, she tied for first in floor exercise at Cornell’s Big Red Invitational Feb. 11 in Ithaca, N.Y. with a score of 9.900, just off her season’s best score of 9.925. DAVID GARTON (PERKIOMEN VALLEY) » The St. Joseph’s junior finished third in the mile run at the Atlantic-10 Conference Indoor Track Championships Feb. 18-19 in Fairfax, Va. He posted a personal best time of 4:14.87. Garton also ran a leg on the distance medley relay that finished second with a time of 10:05.00. That was short of the 10:03.49 to finish first at the Penn State National on Jan. 28 in University Park. St. Joseph’s finished seventh at the A-10 meet with 54 points. LAURA SIMPSON (BOYERTOWN) » The sophomore helped the Simmons women’s swim team finish second in the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship Feb. 16-19 in Kingston, R.I. She finished second in the 1,650 freestyle (17:56.61) and the 500 freestyle (5:19.79) and was third in the 1000 freestyle (10:48.80). And she swam a leg on the 800 free relay that won in 7:50.49 and on the 400 free relay that won in 3:33.10.