KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Senior Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township) improved on her own 50-yard freestyle program record on senior day inside Keystone Natatorium as the Kutztown University women's swim team split a tri-meet against the Arcadia Knights and Kean Cougars on Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Bears (5-4) scored a 188-65 win over Arcadia (0-8) before falling to Kean (5-0), 161-96.

Soto was one of three swimmers to alter the program's top ten records in the competition, as Sarah Zeminski's (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) 58.94 in the 100 butterfly and 2:12.87 in the 200 butterfly gave her marks in the program's top ten, the latter of which earned her the top time in the day's competition. Freshman Julia Kopcho (Pemberton, N.J./Camden Catholic) also picked up a top finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a 10:46.86, good for eighth place all-time.

Six swimmers secured ten qualifying times for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships later this season, with Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), Kara Damico (Brookhaven, Pa./Sun Valley) and Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland) joining the above swimmers with their stellar performances on the afternoon.

Before Saturday's meet, the Golden Bears recognized nine student-athletes on the team's Senior Day.

Kutztown returns to the pool in 2026, when they travel to Newville, Pa., for the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational and PSAC Last Chance Meet, hosted by Indiana (Pa.) at Big Spring High School on Saturday, Jan. 17. Competition is scheduled to start at noon.

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KUTZTOWN VS ARCADIA/KEAN
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2025 | KUTZTOWN, PA | KEYSTONE NATATORIUM
KUTZTOWN 188, ARCADIA 65 | KEAN 161, KUTZTOWN 96

KUTZTOWN RESULTS
All distances in yards
 
200 Medley Relay
2. Kutztown 'A' (Czerwinski, Smaradottir, Zeminski, Soto), 1:53.59
3. Kutztown 'B' (Bing, Ruiz, Damico, Pease-Wingenter), 1:54.86
 
1000 Freestyle
1. Julia Kopcho (Pemberton, N.J./Camden Catholic), 10:46.86, PSAC Qualifier, 8th all-time at KU (prev. 8th, 10:55.30)
4. Camryn Sedora (Chester, Md./Kent Island), 11:47.87
 
200 Freestyle
3. Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), 2:01.83, PSAC Qualifier
5. Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), 2:04.43
9. Lorelei Grove (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 2:10.97
 
100 Backstroke
3. Sara Bing (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 1:03.40
4. Ryleigh Czerwinski (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 1:04.26
5. Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium), 1:04.60
7. Alexandra Wetzel (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 1:12.10
 
100 Breaststroke
3. Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax), 1:11.44
6. Sam Iannuzzi (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove), 1:20.60
 
200 Butterfly
1. Sarah Zeminski (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East), 2:12.87, PSAC Qualifier, 8th all-time at KU (prev. 8th, 2:14.10)
 
50 Freestyle
2. Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township), 23.83, PSAC Qualifier, KU Program Record (prev. time, 24.19)
4. Kara Damico (Brookhaven, Pa./Sun Valley), 25.40, PSAC Qualifier
5. Jena LaTorres (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), 26.69
7. Anaya Ruiz (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley), 27.23


100 Freestyle
2. Ana Soto (Hamburg, N.J./Vernon Township), 52.13, PSAC Qualifier
4. Sara Bing (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), 56.74
5. Frannie Pease-Wingenter (Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium), 57.38
7. Jena LaTorres (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), 58.94
 
200 Backstroke
3. Ryleigh Czerwinski (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 2:20.06
6. Tatum Rothermel (Halifax, Pa./Halifax), 2:23.75
7. Alexandra Wetzel (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), 2:31.74
 
200 Breaststroke
3. Birta Smaradottir (Mosfellsbær, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland), 2:34.00, PSAC Qualifier
4. Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), 2:35.97, PSAC Qualifier
 
500 Freestyle
1. Julia Kopcho (Pemberton, N.J./Camden Catholic), 5:20.16, PSAC Qualifier
5. Cora Martin (Mohnton, Pa./Garden Spot), 6:03.86
 
100 Butterfly
2. Sarah Zeminski (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East), 58.94, PSAC Qualifier, 6th all-time at KU (prev. 6th, 59.44)
4. Kara Damico (Brookhaven, Pa./Sun Valley), 1:02.22
7. Bryana Burke (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge), 1:07.33
 
200 Individual Medley
3. Annamarie Rodier (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape), 2:18.43
4. Julia Kopcho (Pemberton, N.J./Camden Catholic), 2:19.95
 
400 Freestyle Relay
2. Kutztown 'A' (Soto, Zeminski, Pease-Wingenter, Kopcho), 3:42.49
5. Kutztown 'B' (Czerwinski, Bing, Latorres, Damico), 3:52.51