KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Gracie McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium) and Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) combined for 10 wins on the evening as the Kutztown University women's swim team opened its season with a 134-128 loss to PSAC foe Shippensburg Wednesday at the Keystone Natatorium.
 
The meet was tied at 113 after 12-of-14 events, with the final outcome decided in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard freestyle relay. Shippensburg jumped ahead by 11 with a 1-2-4 finish in the 200 IM and though the Bears answered with a win in the 200 free relay from Rodier, Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township), Trinity Miller (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant) and Pease-Wingenter, it wasn't quite enough as the hosts needed a 1-2 finish to flip the result in their favor.
 
Kutztown (0-1, 0-1 PSAC) went in front early as McKee, Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), Soto and Pease-Wingenter captured the 200 medley relay in thrilling fashion, outdueling the Raiders top team by half a second with a winning time of 1:53.29.
 
Rodier swam a PSAC-qualifying time of 11:03.86 to win the 1000 free and McKee picked up her first individual win of the night in the 50 backstroke (27.43).
 
A pair of 1-2-3 sweeps from Shippensburg (1-0, 1-0 PSAC) in the 200 free and 100 butterfly put the visitors in front for most of the middle stages of the meet.
 
Pease-Wingenter won the 50 free in 25.82, besting a PSAC cut (25.83) by the slimmest of margins. McKee looked to be in fine form with a victory in the 100 back in a PSAC time of 59.41. The graduate student from Gilbertsville, Pa., already owns the school record at 56.60 and is a two-time PSAC medalist in the event having taken bronze in 2022 and silver in 2023.
 
Rodier put down another PSAC time in sweeping the distance free events with a 5:21.92 to claim victory in the 500 free by almost eight seconds over the Raiders' Michelle Kubiak.
 
McKee closed her night with a win in the 50 fly with a time of 27.12, leading a 1-2 with teammate Soto (29.28).
 
Alyssa Tomb was the lone multi-event winner for Shippensburg, taking the 100 free (57.63) and 200 IM (2:18.55).
 
The Golden Bears will have a couple of weeks to prepare for their next competition, a home meet against Cedar Crest on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m.
 

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SHIPPENSBURG 134, KUTZTOWN 128
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 | Keystone Natatorium
 
Event Winners (all distances in yards)
200 Medley Relay: Kutztown 'A' (Gracie McKee, Birta Smaradottir, Ana Soto, Frannie Pease-Wingenter), 1:53:29; 1000 Freestyle: Annamarie Rodier (KUTZ), 11:03.86; 200 Freestyle: Michelle Kubiak (SHIP), 2:04.12; 50 Backstroke: Gracie McKee (KUTZ), 27.43; 50 Breast: Jazz Barry (SHIP), 31.30; 100 Butterfly: Michaela Hersh (SHIP), 1:03.37; 50 Freestyle: Frannie Pease-Wingenter (KUTZ), 25.82; 100 Freestyle: Alyssa Tomb (SHIP), 57.63; 100 Backstroke: Gracie McKee (KUTZ), 59.41; 100 Breaststroke: Charlee Shaw (SHIP), 1:11.57; 500 Freestyle: Annamarie Rodier (KUTZ), 5:21.92; 50 Butterfly: Gracie McKee (KUTZ), 27.12; 200 IM: Alyssa Tomb (SHIP), 2:18.55; 200 Freestyle Relay: Kutztown 'A' (Annamarie Rodier, Ana Soto, Trinity Miller, Frannie Pease-Wingenter), 1:44.00
 
Kutztown Results (all distances in yards)
 
200 Medley Relay
1. Kutztown 'A' (Gracie McKee, Birta Smaradottir, Ana Soto, Frannie Pease-Wingenter), 1:53.29
5. Kutztown 'B' (Paige Heck, Jade Ware, Camryn Sedora, Trinity Miller), 2:05.13
6. Kutztown 'C' (Alexandra Wetzel, Tatum Rothermel, Bryana Burke, Lorelei Grove), x2:06.94
 
1000 Freestyle
1. Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), 11:03.86, PSAC Qualifying
4. Olivia Bing (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 12:21.32
5. Rachel Wood (Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood), 12:33.15
 
200 Freestyle
4. Ainsley Fischer (Newark, Del./Delaware Military Academy), 2:14.34
5. Azlynn Watkins (Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland), 2:20.46
6. Lorelei Grove (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 2:20.89
 
50 Backstroke
1. Gracie McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), 27.43
5. Paige Heck (Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin), 33.37
6. Alexandra Wetzel (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 33.61
 
50 Breaststroke
2. Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), 33.57
3. Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax), 33.99
5. Jade Ware (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area), 34.43
 
100 Butterfly
4. Jaylin Calistro (Temple, N.H./Contoocook Valley Regional), 1:11.50
5. Bryana Burke (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge), 1:12.95
6. Camryn Sedora (Chester, Md./Kent Island), 1:14.51
 
50 Freestyle
1. Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium), 25.82, PSAC Qualifying
3. Trinity Miller (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant), 26.88
5. Jena LaTorres (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), 27.15
 
100 Freestyle
2. Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township), 57.79
4. Trinity Miller (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant), 58.52
5. Jena LaTorres (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), 1:00.83
 
100 Backstroke
1. Gracie McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), 59.41, PSAC Qualifying
4. Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium), 1:06.25
6. Paige Heck (Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin), 1:10.31
 
100 Breaststroke
2. Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), 1:12.59
3. Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax), 1:14.02
4. Jade Ware (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area), 1:14.81
 
500 Freestyle
1. Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), 5:21.92, PSAC Qualifying
3. Olivia Bing (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 6:03.25
6. Ainsley Fischer (Newark, Del./Delaware Military Academy), 6:08.28
 
50 Butterfly
1. Gracie McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), 27.12
2. Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township), 29.28
5. Jena LaTorres (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), 30.22
 
200 IM
3. Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), 2:22.90
5. Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax), 2:28.55
6. Jade Ware (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area), 2:30.54
 
200 Freestyle Relay
1. Kutztown 'A' (Annamarie Rodier, Ana Soto, Trinity Miller, Frannie Pease-Wingenter), 1:44.00
5. Kutztown 'B' (Jena LaTorres, Ainsley Fischer, Azlynn Watkins, Olivia Bing), 1:51.98
6. Kutztown 'C' (Lorelei Grove, Camryn Sedora, Jaylin Calistro, Bryana Burke), DQ