The Westminster College men's and women's swimming and diving teams cruised to a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) dual meets wins Saturday against visiting Saint Vincent. The Titan men won 133.5-95.5 and the Titans women won 140-101, but both teams started to swim as exhibition entrants once they clinched nine event wins apiece.
The Titan men are now 7-3 overall and 3-0 in PAC duals, and the Titan women are now 7-4 and 3-1 in PAC duals.
The Titan women broke their Westminster Natatorium record in the 400-yard medley relay from earlier in the season, as freshman Erin Erdley (Meadville, Pa./Cochranton), senior Courtney Herdt (Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver Falls) and juniors Sierra Beecher (Newville, Pa./Big Spring) and Caitlin Lehberger (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington) combined for a pool-record time of 4:04.39.
Beecher also won the 200 freestyle (2:01.24) and her exhibition time in the 200 backstroke (2:16.09) was faster than the Saint Vincent first-place finisher.
Lehberger also captured the 200 breaststroke (2:26.68) and Herdt took the 100 breaststroke (1:06.53).
The Titan men also had three multiple-event winners.
Junior Mark Brooks (Youngstown, Ohio/Boardman) anchored the winning 400 medley relay team (3:35.62) before winning the 50 freestyle (22.16) and posting a meet-best exhibition time in the 500 freestyle (5:08.79).
Junior Mike Barringer (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) and sophomore Daniel Gutmann (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) also swam on the winning 400 medley relay team. Barringer added event wins in the 200 butterfly (2:05.69) and the 100 freestyle (48.93), while also touching first in the 200 IM (2:06.04) with an exhibition time. Gutmann captured the 100 breaststroke (1:04.26).
Westminster returns to action at Grove City Wednesday at 6 p.m.
