SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) recorded a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying time in the 50 Free and was also a member of the 200 Medley Relay team that broke into the top 10 in program history Wednesday evening in the 2026-27 season opener at Shippensburg.
 
Bair won the event in 21.82 and then helped the relay team swim a 1:38.32, 10th all-time at KU. Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley), Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) and Brady Russell (Telford, Pa./Souderton) made up the rest of the relay team. Bair also touched the line first in the 100 Free.
 
Other highlights included Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) winning the 500 Free and 1000 Free and Shaw placing first in the 50 Breast and 100 Breast.
 
Kutztown now has just about a month off before its next meet against Montclair State on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m., at East Stroudsburg University.
 
SHIPPENSBURG 146.5, KUTZTOWN 113.5
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026
Shippensburg, Pa.
 
KUTZTOWN RESULTS
 
200 Medley Relay
2. Kutztown 'A', Hollenbach, Shaw, Russell, Bair – 1:38.32, 10th all-time at KU
3. Kutztown 'B', Schurr, Miksa, Rivera, Pizzo – 1:42.15
 
1000 Free
1. Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) – 10:46.31
4. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland) – 11:26.64
 
200 Free
3. Colby Orndorf (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) – 1:54.27
4. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) – 1:56.02
5. Reilly Jones (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury) – 1:58.74
 
50 Back
2. Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) – 25.91
4. Zach Schurr (Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie School) – 26.70
5. Aaron Jost (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) – 27.88
 
50 Breast
1. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) – 28.19
2. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) – 28.91
 
100 Fly
4. Brady Russell (Telford, Pa./Souderton) – 55.00
5. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) – 57.25
 
50 Free
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) – 21.82 (PSAC-Qualifying)
5. Nick Rivera (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown) – 23.32
6. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) – 24.05
 
100 Free
1. Matheson Bair (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) – 49.73
4. Colby Orndorf (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) – 51.20
5. Nigel Pizzo (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) – 52.51
 
100 Back
4. Cody Hollenbach (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) – 57.54
5. Zach Schurr (Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie School) – 59.16
6. Aaron Jost (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) – 1:01.08
 
100 Breast
1. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) – 1:01.54
2. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) – 1:03.19
5. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) – 1:08.50
 
500 Free
1. Andrew Pletz (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) – 5:14.35
3. Reilly Jones (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury) – 5:23.84
5. Paul Spear (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland) – 5:38.57
 
50 Fly
3. Brady Russell (Telford, Pa./Souderton) – 24.99
4. Nick Rivera (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown) – 25.09
5. Gabriel Clauss (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) – 25.79
 
200 IM
2. Nevin Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) – 2:03.55
4. RJ Otten (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) – 2:10.37
6. Theo Miksa (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) – 2:13.53
 
200 Free Relay
2. Kutztown 'A', Hollenbach, Pizzo, Rivera, Bair – 1:30.21
4. Kutztown 'B', Orndorf, Clauss, Jost, Russell – 1:34.14
5. Kutztown 'C', Spear, Schurr, Pletz, Jones – 1:36.68