PSAC Swimming Championship: West Chester Men & Women Win League Titles

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February 20-23, 2014 • Graham Aquatic Center • York, Pa


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PSYCH SHEET

RESULTS CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION TICKETS VISITOR INFORMATION CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Thursday Morning Results Women's 2013-14 Schedule/Results Morning Session (Adults) - $5 Directions Men's PSAC Year by Year Champions
Thursday Evening Results Men's 2013-14 Schedule/Results Evening Session (Adults) - $7 YMCA of York County 2012-13 Men's Champions: West Chester
Friday Morning Results Printable Rosters All-Session Pass (Adults) - $45 Parking Information Women's PSAC Year by Year Champions
Friday Evening Results Men's PSAC Best Times Single Session (Students) - $2 2012-13 Women's Champions: West Chester
Saturday Morning Results Women's PSAC Best Times All-Session Pass (Students) - $15 PSAC Men's Records
Saturday Evening Results PSAC Qualifying Standards Free: Student w/ PSAC ID PSAC Women's Records
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Final Results Fans will be able to take their seats
immediately when the doors open


ORDER OF EVENTS

Doors will open at 8:00 a.m. for all morning sessions. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday for evening sessions.

Thursday, Feb. 20 Friday, Feb. 21 Saturday, Feb. 22 Sunday, Feb. 23
Prelims: 10:00 a.m.
200 IM
50 Free
1000 Free

Finals: 6:00 p.m.
1000 Free
200 IM
50 Free
200 Medley Relay		 Prelims: 10:00 a.m.
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free

Finals: 6:00 p.m.
200 Free Relay
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
400 Medley Relay		 Prelims: 10:00 a.m.
500 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly

Finals: 6:00 p.m.
500 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly
800 Free Relay		 Prelims: 10:00 a.m.
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
1,650 Free

Finals: 5:00 p.m.
1,650 Free
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
400 Free Relay




















WEST CHESTER MEN AND WOMEN WIN LEAGUE TITLES

York, Pa. – West Chester won both the men’s and women’s 2014 PSAC Swimming Championship titles on Sunday at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa.
 
The West Chester women won with 893 points, while IUP took second place with 490 points. The PSAC crown marks the 8th straight and 12th overall for the Golden Rams, while IUP earned its highest finish since winning the league title in 1999. The West Chester men took first with 1,036, the most points scored by a team at the league championship since at least 1999. The title for the Golden Rams is their 16th straight and 27th overall. Bloomsburg took second for the second-straight year with 581.5 points. 

Kitty Fischer, the PSAC Women’s Swimming Championship’s Most Valuable Swimmer, won the women’s 200 breaststroke with a PSAC All-Time record time of 2:14.41. She beat the previous record of 2:15.11 set by Stephani Jeppesen of Kutztown in 2010. Fischer set the Division II record in the 200 individual medley (1:59.41), set a PSAC Championship record in the 200 freestyle (1:49.70), broke the PSAC All-Time mark in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.80), while leading her 400 medley relay team to a PSAC All-Time record and a PSAC Championship record in the 200 medley relay.
 
West Chester’s Lauren Carastro won the women’s 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:59.67. Teammate Megan Winslow won the women’s 200 freestyle with a time of 2:02.33.
 
California’s Clarissa Enslin won the women’s 100 freestyle with a time of 51.23. Enslin won the same event at the 2013 Championship with a time of 51.26.
 
Fischer, Tess Hayward, Emily Stang, and Mia Barone won the women’s 400 freestyle relay with a combined time of 3:26.37.
 
The PSAC Men’s Swimming Championship’s Most Valuable Swimmer, Victor Polyakov won the men’s 100 freestyle with a time of 44.77. Polyakov also took gold in the 200, 500, and 1000 freestyle. He set a PSAC Championship record in the 500 (4:27.31) and an All-Time record in the 1000 (9:04.20).  His 800 freestyle relay team broke the PSAC All-Time record, as did his 400 medley relay squad. 
 
West Chester’s Bradley Strathmeyer defended his PSAC men’s 1650 freestyle title with a first-place finish with a time of 15:36.29. He won the event a season ago with a PSAC Championship record time of 15:31.57.
 
West Chester’s Bogdan Grebenyuk won gold in the men’s 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:00.93, a new PSAC Championship record. He beat David McCormick’s 2013 time of 2:01.16.
 
Gannon’s Adam Chrzanowski set a new PSAC Championship record in the men’s 200 backstroke with a mark of 1:50.01. He beat the previous record of 1:50.06 set at the 2013 Championship by Edinboro’s Tony Romanini.
 
West Chester’s Dan Sokman, Ryan Stahley, Strathmeyer, and Polyakov took first in the men’s 400 freestyle relay with a combined time of 3:00.08, a new PSAC Championship record.
 
The NCAA Division II Championship will be contested from March 12-15 in Geneva, Ohio. 

Women’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 893pts.
2.     IUP 490pts.
3.     Edinboro 365pts.
4.     Bloomsburg 363pts.
5.     Gannon 327pts.
6.     California 305pt.s
7.     Shippensburg 267pts.
8.     Clarion 260pts.
9.     East Stroudsburg 104pts.
10. Millersville 92pts.
11. Lock Haven 82pts.
12. Kutztown 71pts.
13. Mansfield 40pts.
 
Men’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 1036pts.
2.     Bloomsburg 581.5pts.
3.     IUP 475pts.
4.     Gannon 356.5pts.
5.     Edinboro 321pts.
6.     Clarion 267pts.
7.     Shippensburg 179pts.



WEST CHESTER MEN AND WOMEN HOLD LEADS HEADING INTO FINAL DAY

York, Pa. – Following the third day of the 2014 PSAC Swimming Championships at Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa, both West Chester’s men’s and women’s teams continue to lead the PSAC team competition.
 
West Chester’s women’s team is 258 points in front of second-place with 644 team points, while IUP holds 386. Edinboro remains in third with 298 points. The Golden Rams hold a substantial lead in the men’s team competition with 752 points. Bloomsburg moved into second-place with 431.5 points, while IUP is now third with 370.
 
West Chester’s Lauren Carastro is a repeat winner of the women’s 500 freestyle with a time of 4:56.25, just two-thousandths of a second off the PSAC Championship record. Carastro won the 500 free in 2013 with a 4:56.77 time. She also earned gold during the 2014 Championship in the 1000 freestyle.
 
West Chester’s Kitty Fischer continues to tear down PSAC records, as she captured the women’s 100 breaststroke crown with a PSAC All-Time record time of 1:01.80. Fischer broke the NCAA Division II 200 individual medley record earlier in the championship, while also setting a new PSAC Championship mark in the 200 freestyle.
 
The West Chester women capped the evening by setting a new PSAC Championship record in the 800 freestyle relay. Tess Hayward, Emily Stang, Mia Barone, and Codyanne Murtaugh combined for a 7:28.40 time to beat the previous record by nearly three seconds.
 
Clarion’s Gabby Schaffer won her team’s first event of the league championship with a first-place finish in the women’s 100 backstroke with a mark of 55.84.  
 
IUP’s Aniella Janosky earned the Crimson Hawks 20 team points with a first-place finish in the women’s 200 butterfly thanks to a time of 2:03.31.
 
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov out-touched the defending PSAC men’s 500 freestyle champion, Bradley Strathmeyer of West Chester, by less than one tenth of a second to set a new PSAC Championship record in the 500 free with a time of 4:27.31. Polyakov also earned the men’s 200 and 1000 freestyle titles during the 2014 Championship, while setting the PSAC All-Time record in the 1000 free.
 
Teammate Dan Sokman touched the wall first in the men’s 100 backstroke with a mark of 50.63.
 
West Chester’s Bogdan Grebenyuk defended his PSAC 100 breaststroke title with a PSAC Championship record time of 55:06. Grebenyuk broke his previous 100 breaststroke conference championship record he set last season with a time of 55.39.
 
The West Chester men finished the night with a new PSAC All-Time record in the men’s 800 freestyle relay. Strathmeyer, Polyakov, Jared Haley, and Phil Letcavage combined for a time of 6:34.66, besting the previous league record by just under three seconds and the championship mark by nearly 10 seconds.
 
IUP’s Steve Long, the 2014 100 butterfly victor, also won the men’s 200 butterfly. Long finished the 200 fly in 1:50.59, and won the same event in 2013 with a time of 1:51.35.
 
The PSAC team champions will be crowned on Sunday following the championships’ final evening session that is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m.
 
Women’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 644pts.
2.     IUP 386pts.
3.     Edinboro 298pts.
4.     Bloomsburg 250pts.
5.     California 238pts.
6.     Gannon 225pts.
7.     Clarion 200pts.
8.     Shippensburg 189pts.
9.     East Stroudsburg 88pts.
10. Lock Haven 72pts.
11. Millersville 65pts.
12. Kutztown 54pts.
13. Mansfield 32pts.
 
Men’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 752pts.
2.     Bloomsburg 431.5pts.
3.     IUP 370pts.
4.     Gannon 257.5pts.
5.     Edinboro 227pts.
6.     Clarion 202pts.
7.     Shippensburg 142pts.
 

WEST CHESTER MEN AND WOMEN SUSTAIN LEADS

York, Pa. – The 2014 PSAC Swimming Championships continued Friday at Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa, with West Chester’s men’s and women’s teams sustaining their leads over the PSAC competition.
 
West Chester’s men lead the group with 512 points, while IUP is in second with 246 points. Bloomsburg is close behind IUP with 245.5 points. In the women’s team competition West Chester is in the lead with 439 points, and IUP is in second with 232 points. Edinboro sits third with 177 points.
 
To start the evening session, West Chester clinched first in both the men’s and women’s 200 free relay. Megan Winslow, Emily Stang, Mia Barone, and Tess Hayward combined for a 1:34.07 time in the women’s race. On the men’s side, Dan Sokman, Thomas McMahon, Luke Maguire, and Ryan Stahley took gold for West Chester in 1:22.72.
 
IUP’s Allyson Mitidieri touched the wall first in the women’s 400 individual medley with a time of 4:21.83. Mitidieri out-touched second-place by nearly six seconds.
 
Bloomsburg’s Rachel Brooker took the women’s 100 butterfly crown with a time of 55.70.
 
West Chester’s Kitty Fischer, fresh off setting the NCAA Division II record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:59.41 on Thursday, won the women’s 200 freestyle with a PSAC Championship record time of 1:49.70. Fischer edged-out the previous PSAC Championship record, held by Katilyn Johnson of Clarion, by just 27-hundredreths of a second.
 
West Chester’s David McCormick broke the PSAC Championship 400 individual medley with a first-place finish in 3:54.57. The previous championship record was held by Kenny McCormick of West Chester with a time of 3:55.75.
 
Teammate Victor Polyakov earned his second first-place finish of the championship with gold in the men’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:37.36. On Thursday, Polakov broke the PSAC All-Time record in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:04.20.
 
IUP’s Steve Long repeated as the men’s 100 butterfly champion with a time of 48.78. Long won the event at the 2013 PSAC Championship with a time of 49.03.
 
West Chester’s Michael O’Brien, Bogdan Grebenyuk, Maguire, and Polyakov combined for a 3:18.22 time to win the men’s 400 medley relay. The quartet beat their previous PSAC All-Time record of 3:19.68 set last season.
 
West Chester’s Fischer, Barone, Winslow, and Kendall Somer broke the PSAC All-Time record in the women’s 400 medley relay with a combined time of 3:45.32.
 
Competition continues Saturday with the 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and 800 freestyle relay on the docket.
 
Women’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 439pts.
2.     IUP 232pts.
3.     Edinboro 177pts.
4.     Bloomsburg 165pts.
5.     California 155pts.
6.     Clarion 152pts.
7.     Gannon 149pts.
8.     Shippensburg 136pts.
9.     East Stroudsburg 69pts.
10.   Lock Haven 44pts.
11.   Millersville 42pts.
12.   Kutztown 40pts.
13.   Mansfield 24pts.
 
Men’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 512pts.
2.     IUP 246pts.
3.     Bloomsburg 245.5pts.
4.     Gannon 175.5pts.
5.     Edinboro 149pts.
6.     Clarion 120pts.
7.     Shippensburg 100pts. 



WEST CHESTER MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS LEAD PSAC PACK

York, Pa. – The West Chester men’s and women’s swimming teams are leading the rest of the PSAC competition after the first day of the four-day 2014 PSAC Swimming Championship contested at Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa.
 
West Chester leads both the men’s and women’s team competition. The Golden Rams’ men’s team holds 223 points following day one, while the women have 226 points. The Bloomsburg men earned 138.5 points on Thursday, while IUP is third with 104.5 points. IUP’s women are in second-place with 93 points, and California sits third with 73 points.
 
West Chester’s Lauren Carastro won gold in the women’s 1000 freestyle with a PSAC Championship record time of 10:03.77. Carastro already owns the PASC All-Time record with a mark of 9:59.40 she achieved last season.

Teammate Kitty Fischer finished first in the women’s 200 individual medley with a time of 1:59.41. Her time breaks the PSAC All-Time record by nearly three seconds, and also sets a Division II record, as she is the first female D-II athlete to break two minutes. The previous record was held by Amanda Thomas of Southern Connecticut with a time of 2:00.09 set in March 2012. 

Fischer, Megan Winslow, Alexia Walley, and Tess Hayward took first-place in the 200 medley relay with a combined time of 1:44.13, a new PSAC Championship record.
 
IUP’s Taylor Snyder clinched first in the women’s 50 freestyle with a NCAA B cut time of 23.60.
 
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov won the men’s 1000 freestyle with a PSAC All-Time record time of 9:04.20. His record breaks the previous record, 9:14.24, set by Max Bernardes of West Chester in 2008 by nearly 10 seconds.

Teammate Ryan Stahley won the men’s 50 freestyle with a time of 20.55.

Stahley, Michael O’Brien, Luke Maguire, and Bogdan Grebenyuk raced to first-place in the men’s 200 medley relay with a new PSAC All-Time record of 1:30.92. The quartet broke the 1:31.09 record West Chester set at the PSAC Championship just a season ago.
 
Bloomsburg’s Jake Harner took gold in the men’s 200 individual medley for a NCAA B cut.
 
Competition continues on Friday with the prelim session beginning at 10:00 a.m. The 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, and 200 freestyle, and 400 medley relay finals will be contested tomorrow.
 
Women’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 226pts.
2.     IUP 93pts.
3.     California 73pts.
4.     Clarion 63pts.
5.     Bloomsburg 61pts.
6.     Shippensburg 58pts.
7.     Gannon 57pts.
8.     Edinboro 51pts.
9.     East Stroudsburg 33pts.
T10.   Millersville 14pts.
T10.   Lock Haven 14pts.
12.   Kutztown 12pts.
13.   Mansfield 8pts.
 
Men’s Team Standings
1.     West Chester 223pts.
2.     Bloomsburg 138.5pts
3.     IUP 104.5pts
4.     Edinboro 78pts.
5.     Gannon 66pts.
6.     Clarion 40pts.
7.     Shippensburg 29pts.


PSAC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

PSYCH SHEET
 
York, Pa. – The York County YMCA and Graham Aquatic Center will host the 2014 PSAC Swimming Championships from Thursday, February 20 through Sunday, February 23. This year’s event marks the 56th year for the men’s championship, and the 39th year for the women’s championship.
 

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
 
West Chester is seeking its 16th consecutive conference championship and its 27th overall. However, West Chester’s 15-straight PSAC titles isn’t the longest winning streak in league history. Clarion won the conference crown from 1971-1989 spanning 19 years. Clarion’s last conference title came in 1998 after winning the crown the previous three seasons. The Golden Eagles have earned 24 conference titles, while Shippensburg has four and Slippery Rock won in 1966.
 
PSAC Men’s Swimmer of the Year Bradley Strathmeyer of West Chester is back for his sophomore season. In his rookie season, Strathmeyer set two PSAC All-Time individual records, and three PSAC Championship records. He currently holds the all-time record in the 500 freestyle (4:24.74) and in the 1650 freestyle (15:28.66), while also setting a new PSAC Championship mark in the 1000 freestyle (9:20.94). Strathmeyer is seeded second in the 200 (1:41.44) and 1650 freestyle (15:50.10), and third in the 500 (4:32.99) and 1000 freestyle (9:31.96).
 
100 and 200 breaststroke PSAC record holder Bogdan Grebenyuk of West Chester holds the fastest seed times entering the championship in both events, while teammate David McCormick is seeded just behind Grebenyuk, while also being seed first in both the 200 (1:49.88) and 400 individual medley (3:56.94). 
 
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov sits seeded first in four individual events including the 100 freestyle (45.24), 200 freestyle (1:36.86), 500 freestyle (4:20.26), and
1000 freestyle (9:14.64).
 
In 2013 Bloomsburg took second for the first time since 1968 with 482 points. Reigning PSAC Freshman of the Year Jake Harner leads the Huskies after setting five individual Bloomsburg records and taking All-PSAC honors in the 200 individual medley last season. He is seeded second in the 200 individual medley (1:51.62) and fourth in the 400 individual medley (4:05.33).
 
Also in the pool for the Huskies is distance swimmer Brandon Sherbo. He currently is Bloomsburg’s record holder in the 100 and 1650 freestyle events and is seeded fifth in the 1650 (16:04.76). Sherbo is also seeded eighth in the 500 (4:39.13) and 1000 freestyle (9:46.99).
 
Clarion placed third in the team race in 2013 with 452 points and is led by senior Derek Nelson. Nelson is seeded fourth in the 100 breaststroke (56.48) and fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:04.15). Last season Nelson took third in the 100 breaststroke, and touched the wall just behind first place McCormick of West Chester in the 200 breaststroke.
 
Gannon, fourth in 2013 with 433 points, has been led this season by the efforts of sophomore Denys Fedorchenko. He is seeded first in the 200 butterfly (1:50.84), second in the 400 individual medley (3:57.84), third in the 100 freestyle (46.07), and fourth in the 1000 freestyle (9:40.12).
 
Other top seeded individuals that will compete include, Edinboro’s Micah Cattell in the 50 freestyle (20.73), IUP’s Steve Long in the 100 butterfly (49.30), West Chester’s Michael O’Brien in the 100 (50.81) and 200 backstroke (1:51.22), and West Chester’s Jared Haley in the 1650 freestyle (15:39.02).
 
Shippensburg will also send swimmers to compete in the 2014 Championship to round out the seven-team field.
 

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
 
West Chester is in the hunt for its eighth straight PSAC title and the Golden Rams’ 12th overall title in program history. Clarion holds the most PSAC crowns with 26, while IUP earned the title in 1999. Prior to 1999 Clarion captured 23 consecutive PSAC crowns.
 
Reigning PSAC Women’s Swimmer of the Year Kacie McNichol of West Chester is back in the pool after breaking the PSAC Championship record last year in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:08.56. McNichol also holds the 1650 freestyle conference record with a time of 16:43.62, a time that earned her second place at the 2013 NCAA Division II Swimming Championship. She is slated to compete in the 400 yard individual medley, 500 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and in the 1650 freestyle.
 
Teammate Lauren Carastro took the gold in the 1650 freestyle a season ago with a PSAC Championship record time of 16:50.51. Carastro will swim in the 1650 freestyle, 200 freestyle, and the 500 freestyle. She holds the top seeded times in both the 500 (4:56.14) and 1000 freestyle (10:17.34).
 
West Chester’s Amelia Buckley, the 2013 PSAC Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Championship, will look to defend her conference titles in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly, while also swimming in the 200 individual medley.
 
Clarion took second place at last season’s championship meet with 442.5 points, and will look to the 2013 PSAC Freshman of the Year Gabriella Schaffer. Schaffer took second at the 2013 Championship in the 100 backstroke and is seeded fifth heading into the 2014 championship (57.51).
 
Also swimming for the Golden Eagles is junior Emilee Gysegem, who touched the wall first in 2:05.33 in the 200 individual medley at the 2013 Championship and also won the 400 individual medley in 4:27.11. Gysegem is expected to race in the 100 and 200 breaststroke in addition to the 200 and 400 individual medley.
 
Gannon returns Morgan Lydic, who is seeded second in the 100 freestyle (51.60), third in the 50 freestyle (23.59), and 10th in the 200 freestyle (1:54.74). Teammate Madeline Summers is slated to compete in the 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley, 200 butterfly, and 200 backstroke. Gannon placed third in 2013 with 367 points.
 
IUP’s Taylor Snyder is seeded first in both the 50 (23.33) and 100 freestyle (51.48), while teammate senior Allyson Mitidieri is seeded atop the competition in both the 200 (2:04.59) and 400 individual medley (4:24.93). IUP was fourth in the team standings last season with 350 points.
 
Edinboro, fifth at last season’s championship, defeated Clarion in dual action 146-143 for the first time in school history earlier this season. The Fighting Scots’ freshman Goezde Tekin is seeded first in the 200 butterfly (2:03.09), second in the 200 individual medley (2:05.62), third in the 400 individual medley (4:29.42), and sixth in the 100 butterfly (58.36).
 
Other top seeded individuals include Bloomsburg’s Rachel Brooker in the 100 butterfly (56.07), West Chester’s Mia Barone in the 200 freestyle (1:52.57), Edinboro’s Alexis Berdine (56.38), West Chester’s Kitty Fischer in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.06), West Chester’s Megan Winslow in the 200 backstroke (2:02.85), and West Chester’s Kendall Somer in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.54). 
 
California, East Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, and Shippensburg will also be sending swimmers to compete in the championship to comprise the 13-team championship.