By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
The Shippensburg University women's swimming team was victorious in a tri-meet on Friday night, defeating Fairmont State 84-38 and host Cal U. by a score of 77-47.
The Raiders won both relays and had three individual event champions on the night. Senior
Madison Breiner won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.06, satisfying the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standard in the event, while sophomore
Marissa Bittner won the 200-yard backstroke in a conference cut of 2:39.60.
SU went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard breaststroke, with freshman
Kristin Gebhard winning in 2:39.60. Freshman
Gracie Wetzel and sophomore
Alyssa Tomb finished within .05 seconds of each other in second and third place.
Sophomore
Michaela Hersh notched a PSAC cut in the 400-yard IM, swimming 4:53.06. Hersh was also second in the 200-yard butterfly. Freshman
Lauren Croll was the runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle, swimming a conference cut of 55.64 seconds, while Gebhard was second in the 50-yard freestyle after swimming 26.53 seconds.
The quartet of senior
Tomomi Nakano, Croll, Gebhard and Breiner won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:53.19, while the quartet of Nakano, Croll, sophomore
Sammy Taylor and Breiner won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:43.52.
Shippensburg is back in action Nov. 5 at Clarion.
200 Medley Relay
1.
Tomomi Nakano,
Lauren Croll,
Kristin Gebhard,
Madison Breiner 1:53.19
Manisha Kapoor,
Gracie Wetzel,
Maddi Dzurko,
Brenna White 2:05.11
1000 Free
3.
Marissa Bittner 11:46.44
Riley Weller 13:00.72
200 Free
1.
Madison Breiner 2:02.06 (PSAC)
Sammy Taylor 2:07.52
Gwen Elsey 2:10.29
Eva Tice 2:16.13
50 Free
2.
Kristin Gebhard 26.53
Brenna White 28.10
Maddi Dzurko 28.77
Lexington Wagner 29.40
400 IM
2.
Michaela Hersh 4:53.06 (PSAC)
3.
Alyssa Tomb 5:02.68
Bri Joll 5:07.22
Manisha Kapoor 5:12.77
Rebecca Entner 5:52.34
200 Fly
2.
Michaela Hersh 2:22.37
3.
Rachel Johnston 2:25.40
Bri Joll 2:32.82
Kallie Lyle 2:39.25
100 Free
2.
Lauren Croll 55.64 (PSAC)
3.
Sammy Taylor 58.35
Jordyn Kendig 1:03.38
Riley Weller 1:05.95
200 Back
1.
Marissa Bittner 2:15.64 (PSAC)
3.
Tomomi Nakano 2:21.22
Manisha Kapoor 2:30.44
Camryn Vila 2:33.79
500 Free
3.
Gwen Elsey 5:45.88
Marina Cote 5:48.49
200 Breast
1.
Kristin Gebhard 2:39.60
2.
Gracie Wetzel 2:40.22
3.
Alyssa Tomb 2:40.27
Emily Newton 2:44.54
Rachel Johnston 2:44.92
Natalie Wiley 2:47.63
Lexington Wagner 2:49.03
Eva Tice 2:49.69
Brenna White 2:52.68
Bri Joll 2:56.26
200 Free Relay
1.
Tomomi Nakano,
Lauren Croll,
Sammy Taylor,
Madison Breiner 1:43.52
Gracie Wetzel,
Natalie Wiley,
Riley Weller,
Rebecca Entner 1:58.73