Results
KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Kutztown University women's swimming team won seven individual events on its way to a 143-93 defeat of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foe-Lock Haven University on Saturday afternoon at Keystone Pool.
The day opened with the 200-medley relay, of which featured only KU swimmers, staking the Maroon and Gold to an early 15-0 advantage in the meet.
In the first competitive event of the afternoon,
Jocelyn Seidt (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) secured a gold-medal finish in the 1000-free, touching the wall with a time of 11:44.21, nearly 30 seconds ahead of the LHU swimmer.
Kutztown followed this up taking the top three spots in the 200-free as
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) (2:04.86),
Katerina Parowski (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) (2:04.90) and
Stephanie Dean (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) (2:10.97) swept the medal stand.
Lindsay Brenneman (Dover, Pa./Dover Area) qualified for her fifth postseason event, posting a PSAC-mark in the 200-fly with a time of 2:18.90. The 50-free followed the 200-fly and saw
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) join Brenneman with a fifth postseason qualification, posting a PSAC-mark of 25.42.
Parowski and
Alison McLaughlin (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn) finished within .05 seconds of each other in the 100-free, securing the top two spots with times of 57.11 and 57.16, respectively.
The duo of
Bridget Perdoch (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and
Gab Louden (Crum Lynne, Pa./Ridley) earned gold and silver finishes in the 500-free, finishing four seconds apart with times of 5:34.66 and 5:38.72, both of which were 40 seconds ahead of the third-place Lock Haven competitor.
In the final event which featured swimmers from both teams, Frank won the 200-IM with a PSAC-existing mark of 2:16.79, the seventh Maroon and Gold victory of the meet.
The Golden Bears have one final meet before the end of the semester, taking on Cedar Crest next Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. in Allentown.
Kutztown Results
200-Medley Relay
1. Frank, Louden, Pierson, Heydt – 1:56.90
2. Bleiler, Selman, Grant, Pietropolo – 2:00.96
1000-Free
1. Seidt – 11:44.21
200-Free
1. Jones – 2:04.86
2. Parowski – 2:04.90
3. Dean – 2:10.97
100-Back
3. Bleiler – 1:04.56
4. Pierson – 1:06.95
100-Breast
2. Louden – 1:11.70
3. Selman -- 1:13.77
5. Heydt – 1:24.11
200-Fly
1. Brenneman – 2:18.90 (PSAC-new)
2. Grant – 2:31.52
50-Free
1. Frank – 25.42 (PSAC-new)
3. McLaughlin – 26.23
4. Cable – 27.71
100-Free
1. Parowski – 57.11
2. McLaughlin – 57.16
4. Jones – 59.87
200-Back
3. Bleiler – 2:23.28
4. Seidt – 2:24.47
200-Breast
3. Selman – 2:41.20
4. Pierson – 2:43.39
500-Free
1. Perdoch – 5:34.66
2. Louden – 5:38.72
100-Fly
1. Jones – 1:02.43
3. Brenneman – 1:03.61
4. Grant – 1:07.42
200-IM
1. Frank – 2:16.79 (PSAC-existing)
4. Selman – 2:33.25
200-Free Relay
Parowski, Bleiler, McLaughlin, Brenneman – 1:45.06
Cable, Dean, Louden, Perdoch – 1:48.94
Pietropolo, Grant, Heydt, Seidt – 1:54.30