ALTOONA, Pa. - Behind victories in nine of the 11 events, the Lock Haven women's swimming team rolled past host Penn State Altoona by a 126-59 score in dual meet action on Friday afternoon.
Veronica Karboski won three individual events to pace the way for The Haven. The Bald Eagles sprinter won the 50 yard freestyle in 26.39 seconds, the 100 yard freestyle in 57.56 seconds and the 200 yard freestyle in 2:07.48. Each win was her third this season in the 50 and the 100 freestyle events. Her 200 time is the best by a Lock Haven swimmer this season, edging the 2:08.28
Jadyn Oswalt swam against East Stroudsburg on Oct. 17.
Oswalt won the distance races. She took the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:37.76, a season best for her and the fastest by a Lock Haven swimmer this season. Following her victory in the longest event of the evening, Oswalt then won the 500 yard freestyle in 5:40.36. Both were her second wins of the year in those events.
Madison Bortner and
Jacqueline Mayotte gave Lock Haven third and fifth place behind each of her wins.
Lock Haven opened the meet by winning the 200 yard medley relay in 2:00.82 with the quartet of
Nora Craig,
Gianna Gruska,
Elsa Lucas and
Kate Jaskiewicz touching the pad in a time of 2:00.82.
Kate MacAlister won the 100 yard butterfly in 1:04.09, her fourth win of the season in the event. MacAlister also won the 100 yard backstroke in a time of 1:07.11. Craig was second in the backstroke.
Hannah Turner won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:22.63, ahead of Lucas at 2:23.93. Turner's time is the best by a Lock Haven swimmer this season, ahead of the 2:22.76 Lucas swam against California (Pa.) on Oct. 30.
Penn State Altoona won two events. Sophia Cowher took the 100 breaststroke in 1:36.98 after Lock Haven's three swimmers in the event competed as exhibition entries. Altoona's A team won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:55.43, while Lock Haven's A relay of Jaskiewicz,
AnnaLee Protasiewicz, Oswalt and Howell touched the pad in a time of 1:51.29 as an exhibition entry.
Up Next:
Lock Haven is back in the pool next weekend when it travels to Scranton, Pa. for the Electric City Invitational, hosted by Marywood. The three day event begins on Friday, Nov. 20 and concludes on Sunday, Nov. 22.
