Team Scores | Results KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Freshman
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) posted her team-leading fifth conference-qualifying mark of the season on Saturday to highlight the Kutztown University women's swimming team's home tri-meet against LIU Post and Millersville University at Keystone Pool.
KU dropped both matches in the tri-meet with a 131-121 setback to Millersville and a 151-98 loss to LIU Post.
Prior to Kutztown's home-finale, lone senior
Sam Scialpi (West Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) was honored for Senior Day.
Frank finished third in the 200-free in a season-best time of 2:01.96, a new Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)-qualifying mark. A freshman, Frank also won Kutztown's lone individual event of the day. She won the 200-IM in a season-best mark of 2:17.12.
The Golden Bears closed the day with a winning effort in the 400-free relay.
Alexis Cable (Thomasville, Pa./Spring Grove (Mansfield)),
Gab Louden (Crum Lynne, Pa./Ridley),
Madi Bleiler (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) and
Sam Scialpi (West Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) won the final event in 3:53.99.
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) finished second in the 200-fly, only trailing LIU Post's Joyce Kowk, who set the pool record on Saturday. Kwok, a defending national champion, also set a pool record in the 200-back. Kutztown's Jones also finished second in the 100-fly in 1:03.18.
Kutztown wraps up its regular season on Saturday. Feb. 6 at the East Stroudsburg Invitational.
Kutztown Results 200-Medley Relay
3. Bleiler, Perdoch, Jones, Frank – 1:54.59
5. Scialpi, Dean, Grant, Cable – 2:03.21
1000-Free
4.
Olivia Kieley (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) – 12:20.33
5.
Meredith Heydt (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury (Lehigh Carbon CC)) – 12:49.95
200-Free
3.
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) – 2:01.96 (PSAC-new) (season-best)
4.
Gab Louden (Crum Lynne, Pa./Ridley) – 2:03.29
100-Back
4.
Madi Bleiler (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) – 1:02.46 (PSAC-existing)
6.
Sam Scialpi (West Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) – 1:05.73
8.
Caitlyn Falguera (Hatboro, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) – 1:08.95
100-Breast
3.
Bridget Perdoch (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) – 1:12.34
4.
Suzanne Selman (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) – 1:13.80
8.
Stephanie Dean (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) – 1:16.91
200-Fly
2.
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) – 2:18.25 (PSAC-existing)
4.
Brigid Grant (Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood) – 2:46.46
50-Free
3.
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) – 25.92
4.
Alexis Cable (Thomasville, Pa./Spring Grove (Mansfield)) – 26.27
9.
Rachael Pietropolo (Claymont, Del./Concord) – 31.19
100-Free
6.
Alexis Cable (Thomasville, Pa./Spring Grove (Mansfield)) – 57.53
7.
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) – 58.9
10.
Rachael Pietropolo (Claymont, Del./Concord) – 1:07.91
200-Back
5.
Madi Bleiler (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) – 2:18.83
6.
Sam Scialpi (West Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) – 2:23.82
7.
Caitlyn Falguera (Hatboro, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) – 2:26.17
200-Breast
3.
Bridget Perdoch (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) – 2:39.85
4.
Linnea Pierson (Newton, N.J./Newton) – 2:42.68
5.
Suzanne Selman (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) – 2:42.70
500-Free
3.
Gab Louden (Crum Lynne, Pa./Ridley) – 5:28.37
7.
Olivia Kieley (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) – 6:05.02
8.
Meredith Heydt (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury (Lehigh Carbon CC)) – 6:16.54
100-Fly
2.
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) – 1:03.18
6.
Linnea Pierson (Newton, N.J./Newton) – 1:06.55
8.
Brigid Grant (Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood) – 1:11.70
200-IM
1.
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) – 2:17.12 (PSAC-existing) (season-best)
4.
Suzanne Selman (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) – 2:30.74
400-Free Relay
1. Cable, Louden, Bleiler, Scialpi – 3:53.99
2. Perdoch, Kieley, Dean, Grant – 4:09.90