LATROBE, Pa (Oct. 22)- The Saint Vincent women's swimming cruised to a 179-77 in their first home meet of the season against Penn State-Altoona. The Bearcats won 12 of the 14 events on the afternoon.
 
Saint Vincent won the first two events of the meet, winning both the 200-yard medley relay and the 1000-yard freestyle event. The relay team of Lauren Connors, Sara Basala, Katie Kozy, and Erica Steele were the winning team in the 200-yard medley, winning the event with a time of 1:54.32.
 
Steele also won the 200-yard free style, with a time of 2:04.42, while also winning the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.76. Connors also picked up a couple other first place finishes as well. She won the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:22.50 and also 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:19.20.
 
Basala scored individual wins as well, in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke as well.  Kozy recorded another win as well in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing with a time of 1:02.96, a little over five seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from Penn State-Altoona.
 
In the 1000-yard freestyle event, Sarah Alexander took home the win for the Bearcats, finishing with a time of 11:43.15. Alexander's finishing time was nine seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from Penn State-Altoona. She also won the 500-yard freestyle event, finishing with a time of 5:42.62.
 
Abby Leskovansky had a nice day for the Bearcats as well. Leskovansky placed second in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing with a time of 1:07.02, just over one-second behind the first-place finisher from the Lions.
 
Leskovansky was also a member of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team. She paired up with Steele, Cara Luallen, and Kozy, finishing with a time of 1:43.29, seven secomds ahead of the second-place team also from SVC. The second-place quartet consisted of Alexander, Emma Morgan, Julia Mikita, and Chloe Fontanazza.
 
The Bearcats return to action on Friday, October 28 when they travel to Meadville for a PAC meet against Allegheny. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Allegheny College.