Four meet records fell on day three of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Swimming Championships at the Graham Aquatic Center Saturday evening in York, Pa.
West Chester freshman Georgia Wright continued her impressive first-year campaign and broke an 11-year old meet record (4:56.23; 2/18/2005) in the women’s 500 free after posting a time of 4:52.61.
Bloomsburg junior Josh Grzech posted a new conference meet record in the men’s 100 backstroke with a time of 49.20 seconds. Teammate A.J. Brady claimed second in 50.28.
WCU’s Eric Long broke his own conference meet record in the men’s 200 fly after turning in a time of 1:48.07.
The Rams Mike Oliver needed 54.06 to win the men’s 100 breaststroke and to set a new PSAC meet record while Eric Usbeck finished in a close second in 54.23.
WCU freshman Meghan Keithly added another top finish to her name with a victory in the women’s 200 butterfly after using a time of 2:02.88 and besting her competition by more than four seconds.
California’s Jade Arganbright won the women’s 100 breaststroke by two seconds after notching a time of 1:02.31.
Clarion junior Summer Dacheux won the women’s 100 backstroke in 56.97.
WCU’s women produced a winning quartet in the 800 freestyle relay and needed a time of 7:35.34 to win the event.
On the men’s side, WCU claimed the top time by more than 10 seconds after only needing 6:40.02 to earn the win.
Victor Polyakov won the men’s 500 freestyle in 4:30.43.
West Chester’s men leads the pack with 731 points while Bloomsburg is in second with 626.
WCU’s women hold a comfortable lead with 1349 points while BU sits second with 771.5.
The final day commences at 10 a.m. with prelims and finals start at 5:10 p.m.
Men’s Team Standings
West Chester – 731
Bloomsburg – 626
Clarion – 278
IUP – 247
Gannon – 213
Shippensburg – 162
Edinboro – 124
Women’s Team Standings
West Chester – 1349
Bloomsburg – 771.5
Shippensburg – 598
IUP – 579.5
Edinboro – 517
Clarion – 493
Gannon – 371
California – 347
East Stroudsburg – 289
Millersville – 221
Kutztown – 161
Lock Haven – 122
