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Tarah Killane - Millersville (3)
Bob Shank

Warriors Swim Past Cedar Crest and Millersville to Push Winning Streak to Five

1/18/2020 11:33:00 PM

Full Results

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The East Stroudsburg University women's swimming team recorded 10 victories on Saturday as the Warriors posted a pair of victories against Millersville and Cedar Crest.
 
ESU (5-2) recorded its second win of the season against Cedar Crest and Millersville as the Warriors posted a 150-68 decision against the Marauders and a 186-58 decision over the Falcons. The Warriors also posted eight runner-up finishes and five third-place finishes in the pool.
 
The Warriors opened the day with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay as the team of junior Taylor Howery, sophomore Sarah Luigard, sophomore Emma Billings, and senior Olivia Lukshides posted a time of 1:56.87. ESU's "B" team (senior Tarah Killane, freshman Erin Brandeburg, freshman Haley Britt, and sophomore Kelly O'Donnell) placed second with a time of 2:15.60.
 
Freshman Emily Librandi, Howery, Billings, and Lukshides combined to finish first for the Warriors in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:51.98. ESU also placed third in the event as junior Elizabeth Young, Killane, Luigard, and senior Alexandra Ferrante notched a time of 4:14.68.
 
Three different Warriors won a pair of events on the day as Lukshides was the first to finish the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.68. She also placed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.16, which just missed matching her season-best mark in the event.
 
Killane was the first ESU swimmer to capture an individual title on the day as she recorded a time of 11:32.59 in the 1000-yard freestyle. She clocked a time of 5:40.01 to place first for ESU in the 500-yard freestyle.
 
The other ESU swimmer to capture a pair of victories was Howery, who finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:03.48. Howery also clocked a time of 2:26.50 to place first in the 200-yard backstroke for the Warriors.
 
Luigard finished first for ESU in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:25.46, while Britt captured the 400-yard individual medley title with a time of 5:30.85. The Warriors had three swimmers that recorded a pair of second-place finishes (junior Julia Harnish, Librandi, and Ferrante). Harnish clocked a time of 2:51.06 in the 200-yard breaststroke and a mark of 6:02.74 in the 400-yard individual medley.
 
The Warriors travel to Bloomsburg on January 25 for a dual with the Huskies before closing the regular season at home with the ESU Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 12 p.m.
 
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