Wilkes Women's Swimming: 2020 MAC Championships Day 1
YORK, PA – The Wilkes University women's swimming team began the four-day 2020 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championships Thursday at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa. coming away with 96 team points for eighth place after Day 1.
Day 1 Night Session Results
Day 1 Morning Session Results
200 Medley Relay
The night ended with the Colonels 200 Medley Relay "A" Team consisting of
Maddy Kinard (Dover, PA/Dover Area),
Kyleigh Smeltzer (York, PA/Northeastern),
Abby Keating (Spring Grove, PA/Spring Grove Area), and
Alexa Crossgrove (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area) earning a podium finish of eighth with a new school record of 1:56.76. The finish earned Wilkes 44 team points and bested a record time set back in 2016.
The Colonels "B" Team of
Tricia Bartosh (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall),
Emilie Detweiler (Muncy, PA/Hughesville),
Deanna Wadzin (Sugar Notch, PA/Hanover Area), and
Jessica Turnitza (Cumbola, PA/Pottsville Area) placed eighth among the B teams to earn Wilkes 12 more points. They finished with a time of 2:04.63.
500 Freestyle
Crossgrove earned a podium finish of seventh place in the 500 Freestyle A Final. She finished with a time of 5:22.74 to earn her team 23 points. Crossgrove qualified for the eight-swimmer A Final in the morning prelim with a time of 5:24.03 to slide into eighth.
200 IM
Keating placed runner-up in the B Final of the 200 IM and tenth overall. Her time of 2:16.88 earned Wilkes 17 team points. The junior earned a place in the B Final by qualifying 11th in the prelim with a time of 2:18.57.
Other Prelims
Julia Rostron (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area) set a personal-record in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:56.46.
Kinard and Wadzin competed in the 200 IM prelims, finishing in 2:31.38 and 2:32.06 respectively.
Wilkes had four swimmers compete in a field of 52 swimmers in the 50 Freestyle. Bartosh was the top Colonel finisher with a time of 27.43. Turnitza (27.51), Smeltzer (28.16), and Detweiler (29.93) rounded out the contingent.
Next Up
The Colonels will return to the pool at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) for Day 2 prelims of the 400 IM, 100 Butterfly, and 200 Freestyle. The Finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. for those three events plus the 200 Freestyle Relay and 400 Medley Relay.
