The Edinboro women and Gannon men took home the 2016 Westminster Relay titles this year.
Scores
Women
Edinboro, 124
Westminster, 100
Gannon, 90
Saint Vincent, 88
Chatham, 34
Men
Gannon, 116
Edinboro, 102
Westminster, 94
Saint Vincent, 68
Westminster Press Release
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams opened their 2016-17 season as hosts of the Westminster Relays on Friday.
The Titan women’s team finished second with 100 points, while the Titan men’s team placed third with 94 points.
Edinboro won for the women’s with a 124, while Gannon won for the men’s with a 116.
Titan first-year Kaitlyn Fast (Wooster, OH / Wooster) won the 1-meter dive with a school-record 352.80 points. She also won the 3-meter dive (197.60).
The Titan quartet of junior Mitch Stahara (Bethel Park, PA / Bethel Park), freshman Aaron Dunlany (Boardman, OH / Boardman), sophomore David Peffer (Ellwood City, PA / Riverside), and freshman Matt Kwalick (Sewickley, PA / Quaker Valley) won the 800 freestyle with a time of 7:21.95 for the men’s team.
Senior Mikayla Morrow (Columbiana, OH / Homeschool), sophomore Patricia Loughney (Buckhannon, WV / Buckhannon Upshur), and Abby Jones (Cabot, PA / Knoch) earned the highest finish for the Titan women’s team in the 3x100 breaststroke for second place (3:35.71).
Westminster is back in action Saturday, October 29 for a dual meet at home against Penn State Behrend at 1 p.m.
Gannon Press Release
The Gannon men's swim and dive team began the 2016-17 season with a win at the Westminster Relays on Friday (Oct. 21).
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
3x100-yard Butterfly Relay (Davis, Kilstorm, Ebel) - 2:43.79
3x100-yard Backstroke Relay (Collins, Meisner, Skrzypczak) - 2:46.94
3x500-yard Freestyle Relay (Morgan, Fox, Wolter) - 15:28.03
200-yard Freestyle Relay (Weiser, Eason, Loughner, Collins) - 1:28.55
400-yard Freestyle Relay (Wolter, Loughner, Collins, Weiser) - 3:15.42
EVENT NOTES
The Gannon men's swim and dive team kicked off its 2016-17 season at the Westminster Relays with five victories.
Allan Collins (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius) was involved in three Golden Knight victories.
Michael Weiser (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park), Matt Loughner (Jeannette, Pa./Penn-Trafford) and Allan Collins (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius) were on two winning relays.
The Gannon women's swim and dive team began the 2016-17 season with a third-place finish at the Westminster Relays on Friday (Oct. 21).
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
3x100-yard Backstroke Relay (Favret, Peduto, Schmitz) - 3:06.41
500-yard Freestyle Relay (Pritchard, Hubert, Wu, Rega) - 4:55.80
400-yard Medley Relay (Favret, Borza, Terwilliger, Pritchard) - 4:12.60
EVENT NOTES
The Gannon women's swim and dive team kicked off its 2016-17 season with three victories at the Westminster Relays.
Samantha Favret (Watertown, N.Y./Watertown) and Jillian Pritchard (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) were each involved in two of the relay victories.
