SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's swimming team won six events Friday to come from behind and defeat Edinboro on Senior Day, defeating the Fighting Scots by a 111-94 score in a dual meet from Donald N. Miller Pool inside Heiges Field House.
Shippensburg honored its three seniors before the meet:
Carly Alvarado,
Kara Killion and
Kadie Weaver. Alvarado won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.05 and the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.30 as one of two double-winners on the day for the Raiders.
SU went 1-2 in the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events to gain key points after falling behind early against Edinboro. Freshman
Olivia Guthy won both events, winning the 500 in 5:28.40 and the 1,000 in 11:22.18.
Junior
Gabriella Johnson won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.34 and finished a close second to Alvarado in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:00.97. Sophomore
Mari Reott won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.80.
Other swims that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standard included junior
Claire Koons completing the 100-yard freestyle in 55.34 seconds and junior
Gracee Tothero touching the wall after the 200-yard IM in 2:15.58. Both swims resulted in second-place finishes.
Other runners-up included Tothero in the 500-yard freestyle, freshman
Madison Breiner in the 1,000-yard freestyle and freshman
Tomomi Nakano in the 100-yard butterfly. Among the personal bests on the day included freshman
Rebecca Entner improving her 1,000-yard freestyle time to 11:46.37.
SCHEDULE NOTE: Shippensburg's next competition at Bucknell, originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26, will now take place on Saturday, Feb. 2. The meet at Bucknell will most likely begin at noon, but could start earlier depending on the amount of teams and swimmers scheduled to compete.
200 Medley Relay
2.
Mari Reott,
Gabriella Johnson,
Tomomi Nakano,
Claire Koons 1:51.73
Bri Joll,
Natalie Wiley,
Camryn Vila,
Neena Gollub 2:00.87
Erika Rundquist,
Shannan Maher,
Kadie Weaver,
Nicole Smith 2:02.63
1000 Free
1.
Olivia Guthy 11:22.18
2.
Madison Breiner 11:34.97
Rebecca Entner 11:46.37
200 Free
1.
Carly Alvarado 2:00.30 (PSAC)
2.
Gabriella Johnson 2:00.97 (PSAC)
Kayla Sudbrink 2:05.10
50 Free
3.
Neena Gollub 26.05
Shannan Maher 26.88
Kadie Weaver 27.92
200 IM
2.
Gracee Tothero 2:15.58 (PSAC)
3.
Bri Joll 2:21.57
Rebecca Entner 2:31.79
100 Fly
1.
Mari Reott 1:01.80
2.
Tomomi Nakano 1:02.07
Camryn Vila 1:06.75
100 Free
2.
Claire Koons 55.34 (PSAC)
Madison Breiner 56.78
Kayla Sudbrink 57.14
100 Back
1.
Carly Alvarado 1:01.05 (PSAC)
3.
Bri Joll 1:05.54
Erika Rundquist 1:07.61
500 Free
1.
Olivia Guthy 5:28.40 (PSAC)
2.
Gracee Tothero 5:29.47
Rebecca Entner 6:01.71
100 Breast
1.
Gabriella Johnson 1:07.34 (PSAC)
3.
Olivia Guthy 1:14.68
Natalie Wiley 1:15.34
200 Free Relay
2.
Tomomi Nakano,
Claire Koons,
Madison Breiner,
Carly Alvarado 1:41.90
3.
Gracee Tothero,
Kayla Sudbrink,
Mari Reott,
Neena Gollub 1:46.12
Kara Killion,
Kadie Weaver,
Nicole Smith,
Caitlyn Sellers 1:55.18
Carly Alvarado
Kara Killion
Kadie Weaver