Day 1 Results  |  ESU School Records

YORK, Pa. – East Stroudsburg University's 200-yard medley relay team of senior Colleen Dwyer, senior Kate Zimmerman, junior Briana Hall and senior Annie Fagan broke a five-year old school record to conclude a memorable first day of competition at the 2018 PSAC Swimming Championships on Wednesday.

At 27.42, Dwyer lowered her own ESU record in the 50 backstroke in the initial leg of the relay, and the Warriors ultimately clocked in at 1:48.02 overall. That is a half-second under the previous school mark of 1:48.52 set at the 2013 conference meet.

ESU sits in fifth place out of 12 schools with 119 points after a day which saw the team post nine new PR's. The Warriors have finished in ninth place in each of the last five PSAC championship meets.

Dwyer's 50 back time was 0.33 under her old ESU record which was established at PSAC's last February. Fagan's 50 free split of 24.23 in the anchor leg allowed the Warriors to edge out Gannon (1:48.08) by six-hundredths of a second for seventh place.

Earlier in the evening, Fagan led a group of four scoring swimmers in the 50 free. She finished 10th overall after posting the second-fastest time in the 'B' final for ESU's top individual result of the day. Fagan's mark of 24.18 was a new season-best in the event.

Hall was just behind in 11th place with a new personal-best time of 24.23 which ranks No. 2 all-time (behind only Fagan's 23.87 set at last year's conference meet). Sophomore Olivia Lukshides (19th, 24.69) and Dwyer (22nd, 24.80) added PR's in the 'C' final. Lukshides moved up to No. 6 in the program record books, while Dwyer is now No. 8 all-time.

Senior Allison Cardow used a major PR in the 200 individual medley 'B' final to register a career-best individual finish of 12th place. She touched the wall in 2:09.69, taking nearly two seconds off her old record of 2:11.63 and jumping up to No. 3 in ESU history in the event.

Zimmerman also made it into the evening session in the 200 IM; she placed fourth in the 'C' final and 20th overall with a time of 2:11.43.

Sophomore Tarah Killane added a strong showing in the first of her distance free events. She placed 16th in the 1000 free after taking nearly 14 seconds off her previous PR with a time of 10:44.55. Killane is now No. 2 in program history, behind only Allison Schafer's mark of 10:27.96 from 2014.

Three other Warriors added personal-bests during the morning preliminary session: freshman Taylor Howery in the 50 free (25.69), freshman Julia Harnish in the 200 IM (2:30.11) and freshman Samantha Christman in the 1000 free (11:37.74).

ESU's 119 points are 6.5 points ahead of Edinboro in sixth place and 18 ahead of Gannon in seventh in the team standings.

Day 2 of the four-day meet begins at 10 a.m. on Thursday with preliminary heats in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly and 200 free. The evening session gets underway at 6 p.m.

Note:

Sami Vavra, Sophie Coy, Kimberly Lawson and Andrea Tremper held the old 200 medley record from the 2013 PSAC Championships.