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Women's Swimming and Diving

Keating, Williams Place Second in Wilkes Women's Swimming's Loss to Messiah

Keating, Williams Place Second in Wilkes Women's Swimming's Loss to Messiah

GRANTHAM, Pa. – The Wilkes University women's swimming team competed in a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) meet at Messiah College Saturday afternoon falling by a score of 114-46. Abby Keating (Spring Grove, PA/Spring Grove) placed second in two events while Morgan Williams (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) took the runner-up position in one race.

Full Results

Keating placed second in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:05.24 and also finished the 100 Breastroke in 1:15.51 to come in with the second fastest time.

Williams was less than one second off the winning time in the 500 Freestyle to finish second in 5:47.23. She also placed third in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:11.57.

In the 50 Freestyle Allie Aspey (Dover, PA/Dover) placed third with a time of 27.78.

The Lady Colonels finished third in the two relay events. The team of Keating, Kyleigh Smeltzer (Manchester, PA/Northeastern), Aspey, and Williams finished the 400 Medley Relay in 4:36.20. In the 200 Freestyle Relay it was the team of Julia Rostron (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area), Brianna Sailor (Philadelphia, PA/Milton Hershey), Cassie Merrill (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), and Smeltzer that finished in 2:03.34.

Wilkes fell to 0-10 overall on the season and are now 0-7 against Middle Atlantic Conference competition.

The Lady Colonels return to the pool for a home double-dual meet next Saturday, January 27 when they host SUNY Delhi and SUNY Cobleskill at 1:00 p.m. inside the Wyoming Valley CYC.
 
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Players Mentioned

Allie Aspey

Allie Aspey

5' 10"
Junior
2:24.06 (200 IM)
Kyleigh Smeltzer

Kyleigh Smeltzer

5' 4"
Sophomore
Morgan Williams

Morgan Williams

5' 11"
Junior
19:57.27 (1650 Free)
Abby Keating

Abby Keating

5' 3"
First Year
Cassie Merrill

Cassie Merrill

5' 6"
Sophomore
Julia Rostron

Julia Rostron

5' 6"
Sophomore
Brianna Sailor

Brianna Sailor

5' 7"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Allie Aspey

Allie Aspey

5' 10"
Junior
2:24.06 (200 IM)
Kyleigh Smeltzer

Kyleigh Smeltzer

5' 4"
Sophomore
Morgan Williams

Morgan Williams

5' 11"
Junior
19:57.27 (1650 Free)
Abby Keating

Abby Keating

5' 3"
First Year
Cassie Merrill

Cassie Merrill

5' 6"
Sophomore
Julia Rostron

Julia Rostron

5' 6"
Sophomore
Brianna Sailor

Brianna Sailor

5' 7"
First Year
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