Results
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Kutztown women's swimming team claimed 13 first-place finishes to highlight its second meet victory over Lock Haven University this season, winning by a 131-90 final.
Claire Frank (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) improved on her PSAC mark in the 100-back, touching the wall with a time of 1:01.50, four tenths of a second better than her previous best this season, recorded at the Millersville Relay Carnival on Oct. 7. Frank also established a new PSAC mark in the 200-back, winning with a time of 2:15.85 to complete her sweep of the backstroke events. Swimming in four total events, Frank claimed a victory in the 200-IM and swam the lead leg for KU's winning 200-medley relay team, which also featured
Bridget Perdoch (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury),
Kara Jones (Greencastle, Pa./James Buchanan) and
Katerina Parowski (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area).
Perdoch and Jones each won multiple events on the day as well, as Perdoch reached an existing PSAC mark in the 100-breast, finishing in 1:11.51. Jones finished first in the 500-free and also hit an existing PSAC mark of her own, completing her swim in the 200-fly in 2:21.65.
Lindsay Brenneman (Dover, Pa./Dover Area) took the top spot in both the 1000-free and 100-fly, posting times of 11:20.52 and 1:04.11, respectively.
All six freestyle events were swept by the Golden Bears as
Jocelyn Seidt (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) won the 200-free, Parowski won the 50-free and 100-free and the team of
Carley Wise (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser),
Alison McLaughlin (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn),
Madi Bleiler (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) and Parowski won the 200-free relay.
Linnea Pierson (Green Township, N.J./Newton) rounded out the banner day of first-place finishers for the Maroon and Gold, posting a time of 2:41.35 in the 200-breast to claim her first ever victory in collegiate competition.
The Maroon and Gold return to the pool in two weeks on Saturday, Jan. 27 for a tri-meet with Millersville and LIU Post, of which will also include senior day festivities for Bleiler,
Alexis Cable (Thomasville, Pa./Spring Grove (Mansfield)),
Meredith Heydt (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury (Lehigh Carbon CC)), Jones,
Gab Louden (Crum Lynne, Pa./Ridley), Perdoch,
Rachael Pietropolo (Claymont, Del./Concord) and
Suzanne Selman (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh).
Kutztown Results
200-Medley Relay
1. Frank, Perdoch, Jones, Parowski – 1:55.81
3. Bleiler, Selman, Grant, Cable – 1:58.49
1000-Free
1. Brenneman – 11:20.52
200-Free
1. Seidt – 2:07.21
2. Louden – 2:07.83
4. Dean – 2:15.33
100-Back
1. Frank – 1:01.50 (PSAC-existing)
2. Bleiler – 1:04.53
100-Breast
1. Perdoch – 1:11.51 (PSAC-existing)
2. Selman – 1:16.44
4. Heydt – 1:24.44
200-Fly
2. Jones – 2:21.65 (PSAC-existing)
3. Grant – 2:35.69
50-Free
1. Parowski – 26.13
2. McLaughlin – 26.53
4. Wise – 27.37
100-Free
1. Parowski – 57.99
2. McLaughlin – 58.58
4. Dean – 1:02.03
200-Back
1. Frank – 2:15.85 (PSAC-new)
3. Seidt – 2:21.99
4. Bleiler – 2:22.78
200-Breast
1. Pierson – 2:41.35
2. Selman – 2:44.88
4. Heydt – 3:00.32
500-Free
1. Jones – 5:39.41
2. Louden – 5:43.15
100-Fly
1. Brenneman – 1:04.11
2. Grant – 1:08.79
3. Wise – 1:10.37
200-IM
1. Frank – 2:20.07
3. Perdoch – 2:29.48
4. Pierson – 2:33.35
200-Free Relay
1. Wise, McLaughlin, Bleiler, Parowski – 1:45.54
2. Brenneman, Louden, Jones, Seidt – 1:48.50
4. Dean, Grant, Pietropolo, Cable – 1:56.51