Complete Results

ESU recaps: Thursday  l  Friday  l  Saturday

YORK - Junior Ashleigh Podhayny scored in her fourth event of the weekend and East Stroudsburg University finished ninth in the final team standings as the 2015 PSAC Swimming Championships concluded at the York YMCA on Sunday.
 
Podhayny was 11th in the 200 back and senior Jamie Kane (10th) and junior Sophie Coy (14th) scored for the Warriors in the consolation final of the 200 breast on Sunday.

Podhayny swam 2:07.26 in the final after clocking 2:09.58 in the morning prelims. She placed 7th in the 400 IM (school-record 4:35.18), 10th in the 200 IM, 11th in the 200 back and 13th in the 100 back during the weekend and was responsible for 29 team points.

ESU had five swimmers combine for 11 scoring performances over the four-day meet. The Warriors also finished in the top eight of all five relays for the first time since 2001.

ESU's streak of three ninth-place finishes is its best since placing sixth in both 2001 and 2002.

West Chester won its ninth straight PSAC women's championship (636.5 points) and 17th straight men's championship this weekend.

In the rest of the women's standings, Bloomsburg was runner-up (577), followed by IUP (511.5), Gannon (387), Clarion (347), Shippensburg (246), Edinboro (241), California (224), ESU (166), Millersville (131), Kutztown (73), Lock Haven (68) and Mansfield (34).

Kane was 10th in the 200 breast final in a PR of 2:28.68 after swimming 2:32.19 in the prelims. Coy was 14th in 2:29.93 (2:30.86 prelims).

Freshman Kate Zimmerman scored in three events over the weekend, placing 10th in the 100 breast and 16th in the 200 IM and 400 IM.

Coy was 12th in the 100 breast and 14th in the 200 breast. Kane (10th, 200 breast) and senior Mara Palazzari (16th, 100 fly) scored in one event each.

Podhayny set four school records in her first season at ESU, coming in the 100 back (58.68), 200 back (2:06.52), 200 IM (2:08.38) and 400 IM (4:35.18).

Freshman Colleen Dwyer broke a school record in the 50 back on Thursday on the lead leg of the 200 medley relay, swimming 28.03.


 
100 Free (Prelims)
21. Karoline Vavra - 54.20
27. Cyndi Kline - 54.57 [ESU #10 time]
31. Annie Fagan - 54.66
40. Shelby Stalnaker - 55.45
41. Mara Palazzari - 55.46
44. Alexandra Woytko - 55.67
46. Danielle Davis - 56.00
55. Victoria Gurdak - 56.51
66. Rebecca Samson - 57.82
69. Dayne Martin - 1:00.72
 
200 Back (Finals)
11. Ashleigh Podhayny - 2:07.26


200 Back (Prelims)
15. Ashleigh Podhayny - 2:09.58
29. Colleen Dwyer - 2:13.42 [ESU #6 time]
33. Allison Cardow - 2:15.60 [ESU #8 time]
39. Kandis Venn - 2:20.33
 
200 Breast (Finals)
10. Jamie Kane - 2:28.68 [ESU #4 time]
14. Sophie Coy - 2:29.93
 
200 Breast (Prelims)
14. Sophie Coy - 2:30.86
16. Jamie Kane - 2:32.19
20. Kate Zimmerman - 2:35.25
21. Shirley Samson - 2:35.84
 
400 Free Relay
8. Karoline Vavra, Annie Fagan, Cyndi Kline, Ashleigh Podhayny - 3:36.10
 
 
PSAC standings (final)
1. West Chester - 636.5
2. Bloomsburg - 577
3. IUP - 511.5
4. Gannon - 387
5. Clarion - 347
6. Shippensburg - 246
7. Edinboro - 241
8. California - 224
9. ESU - 166
10. Millersville - 131
11. Kutztown - 73
12. Lock Haven - 68
13. Mansfield - 34