Event: PAC Championship- Day #2
Location: Grove City, Pa. - James E. Longnecker Competition Pool
Women's Team Standings Through Day #2
1. Grove City - 335 pts
2. Saint Vincent - 261 pts
3. Westminster - 167 pts
4. Chatham - 162 pts
5. Allegheny - 139 pts
6. Washington & Jefferson - 134 pts
7. Franciscan - 121 pts
8. Bethany - 51 pts
How It Happened
Morning Prelims
Katarina Antonov started the Barons morning off on a high note, as she qualified for the 500 freestyle finals tonight. She will be seeded seventh, as she swam a time of 5:33.57.
Kate Kinst will swim tonight in the first heat, as she had the ninth fastest time this morning at 5:36.77.
Bridget Bartosik just missed qualifying for the finals, as she had the 17th fastest time in the 200 IM this morning, and
Cecilia White placed 17th as well in the 50 freestyle. Her time of 28.00 seconds was just one-hundredth of a second away from 16th and a chance to swim in the evening finals.
Evening Finals
Antonov improved her time from the morning but retained her 7th position in the 500 freestyle, as she was the first Baron to reach the podium as an individual in this year's championship.
Kate Kinst was a little more than one second behind her in ninth place to pick up some crucial points for the Barons. The Barons then had to wait until the last event of the night to get back into the pool. They had two relay teams in the 400 medley relay. In 8th place was the team of
Emma Grojean,
Faith Vande Hey,
Jessica Stiles, and
Cecilia White with a time of 4:50.05. Also earning points for the Barons was the team of
Rachel Comstock,
Avery Schmitz,
Sydney McGee, and
Rachel Pergi. They placed 14th with a time of 5:17.52.
At the end of Day #2, the Barons have 121 points to sit in 7th place out of the eight competing teams. The teams in third through seventh are only separated by 46 points with the hosts from Grove City holding a 74 point lead in first.
Up Next
Day #3 of the PAC Swimming and Diving Championships will be a busy one for the Barons. In the morning preliminaries, Franciscan will have swimmers in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke. Those swimmers look to make it to the evening finals which will have those events, as well as the 200 freestyle relay.
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