Men's Swimming Heads to Bloomsburg Friday Night
WEST CHESTER, PA – The West Chester University Men's Swimming team is headed to Bloomsburg, Pa., this Friday for its fourth meet of the season, set to start at 5:00 p.m.
West Chester vs. Bloomsburg
Match Details: October 24 | 5:00 p.m.
Location: Bloomsburg, PA
Last Time Out: Last week, the Golden Rams traveled to Lehigh University, where Demsey captured victories in both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1000 freestyle—just six days after winning the same events against NYU. Brey Wright (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) earned runner-up honors in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.19 seconds, while Till Schroeder (Wiesbaden, Germany) finished second in the 100 freestyles with a time of 46.95.
On Friday, the Golden Rams will travel to Bloomsburg to face the Huskies.
FLOCK TALK
West Chester University men's distance swimmer, Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France), was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's men's swimmer of the week in the first week of the award this season. It marks the third time in his career that the conference has bestowed upon him this honor. He won it once in 2023-24 and once in 2024-25.
Paul Demesy posted six 1st-place efforts in three meets so far this fall, including 1st-place showings in both the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle six days apart for four of his six wins. Demesy owns the fastest time in the PSAC in both of those events so far on the season, and he easily hit a PSAC-qualifying time in all seven of his events. The only race that the distance swimmer didn't win was the 200-yard butterfly, where he finished third, but still hit a PSAC-qualifying time.
Demesy won the 500 and 200 free against Southern Connecticut State University with times of 4:41.18 and 1:43.90, respectively. He followed that with a first-place effort in both the 500 and 1,000 free at New York University in times of 4:40.57 and 9:32.07, respectively. That 9:32.07 is the best in the PSAC so far this year. He placed third in the 200 fly in 1:56.38. Six days later, he repeated wins in the 500 and 1000 free in times of 4:39.82 and 9:35.97, respectively. His 4:39.82 is also the best in the PSAC so far this year.
UP NEXT
West Chester returns to the Graham Natatorium on Nov. 8 for a non-league meet against Rowan University.
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