Event: PAC Championship- Final
           
Location: Grove City, Pa. - James E. Longnecker Competition Pool

Women's Team Standings- Final
1. Grove City - 1153 pts
2. Saint Vincent - 606 pts
3. Westminster - 457 pts
4. Allegheny - 410 pts
5. Washington & Jefferson - 311 pts
6. Chatham - 291 pts
7. Franciscan - 199 pts
8. Bethany - 18 pts
9. Hiram - 8 pts

How It Happened
Morning Prelims
Haley Fifield was the fastest Baron in the 100 freestyle. She placed 15th with a time of 1:00.67 to make the Top 16 for the evening finals. Rachel Pergi and Avery Schmitz narrowly missed the finals in 17th and 18th place. Mary Therese Frank had a season-best time in the 200 breaststroke. She placed 11th with a time of 3:03.70. 

Evening Finals
Kate Kinst made her second trip to the podium as an individual to give the Barons some more points. She placed seventh in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 19:55.43. Gabrielle Lewis placed 11th just one minute behind her teammate. 

Fifield broke the one-minute mark and climbed up a couple of spots in the 100 freestyle. She placed 13th with a time of 59.60. The Barons continued to show improvement in the 200 breaststroke. Frank cut more than three seconds off her time in the morning to place 11th and help the Barons add to their total.

Last but not least, Event #40, the 400 freestyle relay, a pair of Franciscan teams competed. The top relay team of Schmitz, Fifield, Lewis Kinst placed seventh with a time of 4:00.92. Janine Agapay, Mary Therese Frank, Rachel Comstock, and Rachel Pergi placed 14th with a time of 4:34.31. 

That resulted in the Barons earning 199 points to place seventh out of nine competing teams in this year's championship in Head Coach JW Beatovich's first season at the helm. This is the same position that the Barons placed in last year's championship.

Also, the PAC announced the All-Sportsmanship Team upon the conclusion of the Championship. Avery Schmitz was the Baron to be named to this exclusive team.

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