By: Bill Morgal, sports information director
The Shippensburg University women's swimming team concluded a busy weekend Saturday with two more timed finals sessions at the annual Gettysburg Invitational.
The top individual finishers on the day were
Olivia Carver and
Michelle Kubiak, who placed third and fourth respectively in the morning session's 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:57.18 and 1:58.96. Carver also took seventh in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.49) while Kubiak placed ninth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.70) and had an exhibition swim in the 100-yard freestyle of 54.91 seconds.
Those performances were five of Shippensburg's 13 individual efforts on the day that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships qualifying standards.
Bria Burkholder,
Izzy Ketterer and
Zoë Midura placed among the Top 12 in the 100-yard butterfly. Burkholder led the way in 1:00.13, while Ketterer touched the wall in 1:00.52 and Midura was .05 seconds behind.
Ann Secord,
Hannah Hudson and Midura (in an exhibition swim) notched PSAC cuts in the 100-yard backstroke. Secord and Hudson finished consecutively with respective times of 1:00.86 and 1:01.39; Midura swam 1:02.30.
Midura and Secord joined Kubiak in the Top 10 of the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 54.70 seconds and 55.41 seconds respectively.
Kaitlyn Tannenhaus paced the Raiders in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.55 that was just .36 seconds off the PSAC qualifying standard.
During the morning session, SU had two 200-yard medley relays finish within .06 seconds of each other. Hudson,
Charlee Shaw, Ketterer and Carver swam 1:51.33, while Secord,
Paige Bensinger, Midura and
Elyse Arnold swam 1:51.39.
Midura, Secord, Kubiak and Carver had Shippensburg's top time in the 400-yard freestyle relay to end the meet, placing fifth in 3:39.95.
Shippensburg will break for final exams and the holidays. Its next meet will be Senior Day on Friday, Jan. 9 – a home meet against Edinboro at Donald N. Miller Pool.
MORNING SESSION
200 Medley Relay
5.
Hannah Hudson,
Charlee Shaw,
Izzy Ketterer,
Olivia Carver 1:51.33
6.
Ann Secord,
Paige Bensinger,
Zoë Midura,
Elyse Arnold 1:51.39
Bria Burkholder,
Kaitlyn Tannenhaus,
Ella Nick,
Caroline Schweigert 1:53.53
400 IM
No swimmers
100 Fly
9.
Bria Burkholder 1:00.13 (PSAC)
11.
Izzy Ketterer 1:00.52 (PSAC)
12.
Zoë Midura 1:00.57 (PSAC)
17.
Ella Nick 1:01.96
Mackenzie Beerman 1:04.74
200 Free
3.
Olivia Carver 1:57.18 (PSAC)
4.
Michelle Kubiak 1:58.96 (PSAC)
17.
Elyse Arnold 2:04.31
21.
Jenna Ober 2:07.52
100 Breast
8.
Kaitlyn Tannenhaus 1:11.55
16.
Carol Fabian 1:15.59
17.
Olivia Sitkowski 1:15.78
100 Back
7.
Ann Secord 1:00.86 (PSAC)
8.
Hannah Hudson 1:01.39 (PSAC)
Zoë Midura 1:02.30 (PSAC)
13.
Paige Bensinger 1:04.53
14.
Emma Gerlinski 1:04.75
15.
Charlee Shaw 1:05.39
22.
Alyssa Brown 1:07.44
Madelyn Stoops 1:07.87
Mackenzie Burke 1:09.38
Brea Fennick 1:10.70
1650 Free
No entries
EVENING SESSION
200 Back
Bria Burkholder 2:19.19
Madelyn Stoops 2:26.79
Alyssa Brown 2:27.09
100 Free
8.
Zoë Midura 54.70 (PSAC)
Michelle Kubiak 54.91 (PSAC)
10.
Ann Secord 55.41 (PSAC)
15.
Elyse Arnold 56.04
17.
Caroline Schweigert 56.55
18.
Paige Bensinger 56.67
22.
Charlee Shaw 57.07
23.
Carol Fabian 57.13
Emma Gerlinski 57.29
Olivia Sitkowski 57.81
Jenna Ober 58.10
Mackenzie Beerman 1:01.71
Brea Fennick 1:06.39
200 Breast
9.
Michelle Kubiak 2:33.70 (PSAC)
14.
Izzy Ketterer 2:37.69
15.
Kaitlyn Tannenhaus 2:37.99
21.
Ella Nick 2:50.36
200 Fly
7.
Olivia Carver 2:15.49 (PSAC)
400 Free Relay
5.
Zoë Midura,
Ann Secord,
Michelle Kubiak,
Olivia Carver 3:39.95
8.
Ella Nick,
Paige Bensinger,
Izzy Ketterer,
Elyse Arnold 3:44.99
Bria Burkholder,
Olivia Sitkowski,
Caroline Schweigert,
Carol Fabian 3:46.87