LANCASTER, Pa. – For the second straight dual meet, the Kutztown men's swim team finished on top in the team score column as it defeated Franklin & Marshall Saturday afternoon in Lancaster.
 
The Golden Bears have now won two of their three meets so far this season.
 
Five swimmers earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying standards on the day, three of whom recorded multiple ones. Colby Orndorf (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) finished with PSAC cut times in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) was in the 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 400 Individual Medley and RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) had his in the 200 Fly and 400 Individual Medley. Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) and Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) also tallied PSAC times in the 1000 Free and 50 Free, respectively.
 
The Maroon and Gold finished in first in eight different individual races and also won the 200 Free Relay behind Bair, Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley), Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) and Orndorf.
 
Kutztown will go for three in-a-row next Saturday, Nov. 14, when it takes on Ursinus in Collegeville at 1 p.m.
 
KUTZTOWN 150, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 109
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
Lancaster, Pa. | Kunkel Aquatic Center/McGinness Pool
 
KUTZTOWN RESULTS
All distances in yards
 
400 Medley Relay
2. Kutztown 'A' (C. Hollenbach, N. Shaw, B. Russell, M. Bair), 3:36.17
3. Kutztown 'B' (Z. Schurr, T. Miksa, R. Otten, N. Pizzo), 3:44.66
 
1000 Freestyle
1. Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland), 10:18.34, PSAC Qualifier
4. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), 11:07.13
 
200 Freestyle
1. Colby Orndorf (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin), 1:48.64, PSAC Qualifier
3. Reilly Jones (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury), 1:51.78
4. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 1:51.92
 
100 Backstroke
2. Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley), 55.31
4. Zach Schurr (Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie School), 57.88
5. Aaron Jost (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional), 59.46
 
100 Breaststroke
1. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), 1:00.47, PSAC Qualifier
2. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), 1:01.37
 
200 Butterfly
1. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), 2:02.79, PSAC Qualifier
5. Brady Russell (Telford, Pa./Souderton), 2:09.17
 
50 Freestyle
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), 22.24, PSAC Qualifier
4. Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley), 23.10
5. Nick Rivera (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown), 23.49
7. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), x23.80
 
100 Freestyle
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), 50.10
3. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 51.04
4. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), 52.09
5. Nick Rivera (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown), x53.47
 
200 Backstroke
2. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), 2:05.93
3. Zach Schurr (Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie School), 2:09.54
4. Aaron Jost (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional), 2:10.43
 
200 Breaststroke
1. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), 2:13.76, PSAC Qualifier
2. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), 2:17.91
 
500 Freestyle
2. Colby Orndorf (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin), 4:58.40, PSAC Qualifier
3. Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland), 5:01.10
5. Reilly Jones (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury), 5:05.81
6. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), x5:23.42
 
100 Butterfly
2. Brady Russell (Telford, Pa./Souderton), 55.06
3. Zach Schurr (Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie School), 55.80
6. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), 57.20
7. Nick Rivera (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown), x58.31
 
400 Individual Medley
1. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), 4:25.93, PSAC Qualifier
2. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), 4:26.75, PSAC Qualifier
 
200 Freestyle Relay
1. Kutztown 'A' (M. Bair, C. Hollenbach, T. Miksa, C. Orndorf), 1:28.95
3. Kutztown 'B' (N. Rivera, N. Pizzo, B. Russell, A. Pletz), 1:32.18
5. Kutztown 'C' (G. Clauss, A. Jost, R. Jones, P. Spear), x1:35.11