LANCASTER, Pa. – For the second day in-a-row, the Kutztown women's swim team featured multiple Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying times and a top-10 mark in program history to highlight the second day, Saturday, at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational in Lancaster.
 
Gracie Mckee, Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) and Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax) all finished with PSAC cut times, while the 200 Medley Relay team, consisting of McKee, Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township) and Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium) swam the seventh-fastest time in program history of 1:50.22.
 
McKee won 100 Fly Saturday, an event that she holds the KU record in, with a time of 56.74 in the 'A' final. Rodier just missed out on winning her event, touching the wall at 1:56.82 to place second in the 200 Free. Rothermel's time of 1:10.51 in the 100 Breast earned her a PSAC mark.
 
The 800 Free Relay team, featuring McKee, Smaradottir, Trinity Miller (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant) and Rodier finished in the top-three of the event with a time of 7:59.40
 
Day three, the final day of the F&M Invitational is set to begin with prelims tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m.
 
KUTZTOWN AT FRANKLIN & MARSHALL INVITATIONAL
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Kunkel Aquatic Center | Lancaster, Pa.
 
Kutztown Results
 
Finals
 
100 Fly
1. McKee – 56.74
19. Soto – 1:00.53
 
200 Free
2. Rodier – 1:56.82
 
100 Breast
21. Rothermel – 1:10.61
 
200 Medley Relay
8. Kutztown 'A', McKee, Smaradottir, Soto, Pease-Wingenter – 1:50.22, seventh in program history
19. Kutztown 'B', Heck, Rothermel, Watkins, LaTorres – 2:00.93
 
800 Free Relay
3. Kutztown 'A', McKee, Smaradottir, Miller, Rodier – 7:59.40
14. Kutztown 'B', Bing, Fischer, Heck, Sedora – 8:35.47
 
Prelims
 
100 Fly
1. McKee – 57.07, PSAC-Qualifying
24. Soto – 1:01.90
48. Watkins – 1:06.94
49. LaTorres – 1:07.41
50. Calistro – 1:10.01
 
200 Free
2. Rodier – 1:56.63, PSAC-Qualifying
30. Smaradottir – 2:02.69
45. Miller – 2:05.11
57. Bing – 2:08.74
58. Fischer – 2:09.16
62. Wood – 2:11.19
63. Grove – 2:12.43
 
100 Breast
24. Rothermel – 1:10.51, PSAC-Qualifying
26. Ware – 1:11.35
 
100 Back
44. Pease-Wingenter – 1:04.61
53. Sedora – 1:07.03
58. Heck – 1:08.94
59. Calistro – 1:09.59
60. Wetzel – 1:09.66