KUTZTOWN, Pa. – RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) set a top-10 mark in program history in the 400 individual medley and Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) earned two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying times in the 50 and 200 freestyles to highlight Kutztown men's swimming Saturday against Franklin & Marshall inside Keystone Natatorium.
 
Bair and Otten both picked up victories in the 200 free and 400 individual medley, respectively. Bair's time of 22.39 was good for second in the 50 free and he also touched the wall first in the 100 free. Otten also won the 200 fly. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) earned a first place finish in the 100 breast.
 
Kutztown will next compete in the ultra-competitive, three-day Franklin & Marshall Invitational in Lancaster Friday, Nov. 22-through-Sunday, Nov. 24.
 
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 164, KUTZTOWN 73
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 | Kutztown, Pa. | Keystone Natatorium
 
KUTZTOWN RESULTS
All distances in yards
 
200 Medley Relay
3. Kutztown 'A' (Otten, Miksa, Clauss, Pizzo), 1:42.68
 
1000 Freestyle
4. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), 10:57.38
 
200 Freestyle
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), 1:48.12, PSAC Qualifying
3. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 1:53.68
 
100 Backstroke
None
 
100 Breaststroke
1. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), 1:02.96
 
200 Butterfly
1. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), 2:04.12
3. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), 2:15.48
 
50 Freestyle
2. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), 22.39, PSAC Qualifying
4. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 23.53
 
100 Freestyle
4. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 53.07
 
200 Backstroke
None
 
200 Breaststroke
3. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), 2:19.82
 
500 Freestyle
3. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), 5:25.25
 
100 Butterfly
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), 55.50
4. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), 58.23
 
400 Individual Medley
1. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), 4:25.80, PSAC Qualifying, 7th all-time at KU
 
200 Freestyle Relay
3. Kutztown 'A' (Bair, Clauss, Miksa, Spear), 1:35.27