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Complete
Meet Results Saturday
Recap PSAC
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Edinboro Coach Chris Rhodes
hugs Brooke Heath, junior at Edinboro, for placing second in
the 100-yrd breast-stroke at the PSAC Meet. Far right
is Whitney Henry, a soph also of Edinboro, who placed 8th.
Coach Rhodes was the presenter of awards in the women's 100
breaststroke. Photo by coach Chris Rhodes |
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Jacob Graham, a junior at
Edinboro, competes in the consolidation heat of the 100- yrd
breast-stroke. Photo by coach Chris Rhodes |
EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro University men’s
and women’s swimming teams completed a strong showing at the
PSAC Swimming Championships with a pair of All-PSAC performances.
When the four-day championships were completed, the men’s
team was in fifth place out of seven teams, while the women’s
team placed sixth out of 13 teams. The PSAC Championships were
held at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, PA.
The women’s team finished with 253 points.
On the men’s side, Edinboro had 278 points, just two points
behind fourth place Kutztown.
Brooke Heath turned in her third All-PSAC
performance in the 200-yard breaststroke, at the same time picking
up her third second-place finish. The junior finished with an NCAA
“A” cut time of 2:21.19. West Chester’s Kathrin
Dumitru was the winner with a meet record time of 2:17.22 Whitney
Henry also scored points for the Fighting Scots in the event,
finishing ninth with a time of 2:26.66, an NCAA “B” cut
time.
Freshman Derek Sapp picked up All-PSAC honors
on the men’s side with a third place finish in the 200-yard
breaststroke. Sapp’s time was 2:11.64.
Kyle Pittman reached the finals in the 200-yard
backstroke, placing sixth with a time of 1:57.93. Brandon Davidson
added a tenth place finish with a time of 1:59.39.
The championships closed with the 400-yard
freestyle relay, and both teams finished strong. The men’s
team brought home fourth place, narrowly missing picking up enough
points to catch Kutztown for fourth place overall. The Golden
Bears were fifth in the event, and picked up 28 points to Edinboro’s
30. The Fighting Scot foursome of Alex Drake, Sapp, Davidson and
Pittman finished with a time of 3:15.03.
The women’s team in the same event was
fifth. The foursome consisted of Amy Corbran, Desiree’
Thomas, Samantha Sustrich and Heath, and had a time of 3:36.99.
Here’s a look at the other swimmers who
scored points on the final day of competition.
WOMEN
- 1650-Yard Freestyle – Julie Ford –
10th (18:14.95)
- 200-Yard Backstroke – Jamie Tiano –
12th (2:15.83)
- 100-Yard Freestyle – Desiree’
Thomas – 15th (54.77)
- 200-Yard Butterfly – Martha Kulic –
15th (2:20.55)
MEN
- 1650-Yard Freestyle – Nick Whiteman –
10th (17:05.56)
- Greg Roberts – 14th (17:26.30)
- Ben Frable – 16th (17:55.92)
- 200-Yard Breaststroke – Jacob Graham –
14th (2:19.24)
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