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Westminster Beats Mount Union in Final Dual Meet

The Westminster College men's and women's swimming and diving teams each won their final dual meets of the season on Sunday at Mount Union in a non-conference dual meet that was originally scheduled for Saturday but postponed because of the weekend snowstorm.

The Titan men won 161-128 to finish the season with a 6-3 record. The Titan women brought home a 163-135 victory to finish the year with a 7-3 mark.

Westminster claimed 18 events at the meet, including eight on the men's side and 10 on the women's side.

Sophomore Caitlin Lehberger (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington) was the only Titan to win three individual events, as she touched first in the 100- (1:07.37) and 200-yard (2:26.37) breaststrokes as well as the 200 individual medley (2:10.94).

Senior Emily Dressler (Hummelstown, Pa./Mount Calvary Christian) was the other Titan woman to win multiple events, capturing the 100 (56.44) and 200 (1:58.96) freestyles.

Dressler anchored the winning 200 medley relay team (1:54.89), which also consisted of individual event-winners in freshmen Lyndsey Vogler (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) and Carolyn Swarlis (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth), who took the 500 freestyle (5:26.97) and 100 butterfly (1:02.42), respectively.

On the men's side, seniors Ben Gutmann (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) and Brett Gerthoffer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler) each won two events as well as swimming the last two legs of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:39.58).

Gutmann won the 100 (1:00.35) and 200 (2:13.27) breaststrokes, and Gerthoffer captured the 50 (22.01) and 100 (49.37) freestyles.

Westminster also won a diving event, as freshman Nathaniel Kronenwetter (Danville, Pa./Danville) won the 1-meter event with a score of 134.05.

Westminster will now prepare for the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships, which will be held Feb. 18-20 at Grove City.

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