Youngstown State Press Release
The Youngstown State swimming and diving team earned a 154-140 victory over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Friday night the Beeghly Natatorium.
Lydia Scheringer and Bethany Glick won diving events while Haley Fisher won three swimming events and Viktoria Orosz won twice.
Scheringer opened the meet by setting a school record in the platform diving event. She posted a score of 213.75 in the five-day event. Two of her three attempts came from atop the 10-meter platform.
YSU then followed with a narrow victory in the 400-yard medley relay. The Guins had a time of 3:59.29 to beat SFU's top unit which came in at 4:01.09.
Fisher was a big contributor in the win with victories in the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.23), the 100-yard freestyle (54.30 seconds) and the 100-yard butterfly (59.17 seconds). Fisher had an outstanding performance in the 200 fly winning by five-and-a-half seconds.
Orosz earned first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.11) and the 200-yard IM. She won the 200 IM by just .12 seconds and the 200 free by .92. In the 200-yard backstroke she was just out-touched to finish second with a time of 2:08.28.
Zsani Csado claimed the Penguins' other swimming win taking first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:30.64.
Glick had a big night in the three-meter taking first with a score of 282.98. That mark advances her to the NCAA Zone C Diving Meet in the three-meter. YSU now has five divers qualified for the NCAA Zone meet.
The Penguins, who are competing in three dual meets in a four-day span, play host to IUPUI tomorrow. The dual with the Jaguars begins at 1 p.m.
Saint Francis Press Release
The Saint Francis swimming team fell 154-140 at Youngstown State on Friday night. The Red Flash earned first place finishes in 7 of the 14 events, including two individual wins by freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol). SFU freshmen combined for four first place finishes in individual events.
The Red Flash is now 8-4 in dual meets, after competing in its first meet after a month-long break. The Penguins improved to 3-2 in dual meets.
The meet started with the 400-yard Medley Relay.
Freshmen Aimee Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) and Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) combined with juniors Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen) and Natalie Tedjasukmana (Anaheim, Calif./Mater Dei) for a second place finish, with a time of 4:01.99.
In third place was the group of sophomore Marisa Daly (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan), sophomore Jessica Crumm (New Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley), junior Alicia Tiberino (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and junior Emma Karell (Norrtlje, Sweden/Tby Swim Club), who combined for a time of 4:12.43.
The Red Flash claimed three of the top five spots in the 1,000-yard Freestyle, led by Quon, who touched the wall in 10:43.03. Sophomore Fallon Nelson (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant) came in fourth, with a pace of 11:14.92, while junior Kasey Marks (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) placed fifth, with a time of 11:31.39.
In the 200-yard Freestyle, Lafferty was Saint Francis' top finisher, touching the wall in 1:58.03 for second place. Senior Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary) was right behind in third place, with a time of 2:01.29, while freshman Emily Graziano (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford) came in fifth, with a pace of 2:03.01.
Saint Francis earned four of the top five places in the 100-yard Backstroke. Baur claimed an individual win, with a time of 59.75. Tiberino placed third, with a time of 1:04.37, while freshman Kristin Fisher (Lakevilla, Conn./Housatonic Valley Regional) was fourth, with a pace of 1:06.31. Freshman Teresa Narduzzi (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) came in fifth, with a time of 1:06.32.
The Red Flash also owned the top finisher in the 100-yard Breaststroke as O'Neill led the field, touching the wall in 1:07.78. Crumm came in third, with a pace of 1:09.67, while freshman Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) was fifth, with a time of 1:12.05.
The 200-yard Butterfly including a second place finish by Karell, who touched the wall in 2:12.78. Sophomore Rory O'Dell (Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood) finished in fourth, with a pace of 2:16.00.
Saint Francis earned the top two places in the 50-yard Freestyle, led by McLean, who finished with a season-best time of 24.87. Tedjasukmana followed in second place, with a time of 25.15.
Tedjasukmana then posted a season-best time in the 100-yard Freestyle as SFU's top finisher in that event. She touched the wall in 54.49. O'Neill placed fifth in the event, with a pace of 56.11.
Quon's performance in the 200-yard Backstroke resulted in the fifth-best time in program history in that event. The freshman set a new season-best time, finishing in 2:06.85. Baur came in third, with a time of 2:11.43.
In the 200-yard Breaststroke, Crumm was SFU's top finisher, with a time of 2:31.37. O'Neill finished in fourth, with a pace of 2:31.62, while Toth was fifth, with a time of 2:35.14.
Laffety claimed an individual win in the 500-yard Freestyle, with a time of 5:16.37. McLean placed second in the race, with a time of 5:21.31. Nelson touched the wall in 5:33.20 to come in fifth.
In the 100-yard Butterfly, Karell finished second, with a pace of 1:00.76, while Tiberino placed third, with a time of 1:01.72.
SFU placed four in the top five of the 200-yard IM, led by Quon in second place, with a season-best time of 2:09.13. That is also the 10th-best time in program history in the 200-yard IM. O'Dell finished in third place, with a time of 2:18.88, while Toth was fourth, with a time of 2:19.09. Daly placed fifth, with a time of 2:21.59.
The 200-yard Freestyle Relay featured a first place finish by the Red Flash. The team of Lafferty, Baur, McLean and Tedjasukmana combined for a time of 1:39.75.
In third place was the group of Toth, Tiberino, Graziano and Quon, who teamed up for a time of 1:43.04
