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EAST STROUDSBURG – In its final home dual meet of the season, East Stroudsburg University won four of 11 events and finished as the runner-up in three more, ultimately falling 124-74 to Bloomsburg on Saturday afternoon.
Junior
Kate Zimmerman, junior
Annie Fagan and freshman
Olivia Lukshides each won individual events for the Warriors (5-2), and the trio teamed up with junior
Allison Cardow for a victory in the 200-yard medley relay to begin the afternoon. The Huskies (6-1) have finished in second place in each of the past two PSAC championships.
ESU's 'A' foursome completed the medley relay in 1:52.52, with Fagan out-touching Kaci McIlmoyle by two-hundredths of a second to seal the victory in the anchor leg. After a second-place result from freshman
Tarah Killane (11:19.91) in the 1000 freestyle, Lukshides (2:00.20) and Fagan (25.04) followed with wins in the 200 and 50 free, respectively.
Fagan would later take a few hundredths off that 50 free time to begin the 200 free relay, as she led off with a 24.97 in her leg. The Warrior team of Fagan, senior
Victoria Gurdak, freshman
Dani Zimmerman and senior
Kelly Buyaskas would finish second in the race at 1:42.08, only 0.73 back of Bloomsburg's 'A' team.
Kate Zimmerman's triumph came in the 200 breaststroke, with her time of 2:32.14 over five seconds ahead of runner-up Connie Medura (2:37.98) from Bloomsburg. She placed second in the 200 individual medley earlier in the meet, touching in at 2:17.09 to edge out Bloomsburg's Lauren Minford (2:17.83) in the final lap.
Karly Hursey won both the 500 and 1000 free races to lead the Huskies. She has posted NCAA DIII B times in both events this season.
ESU returns to Koehler Fieldhouse on Saturday, Feb. 4 to host the ESU Invitational in its final competition before the PSAC Championships. Start time is scheduled for 12 p.m.