HUNTINGDON, Pa. (Oct. 24) – The Saint Vincent College women's swimming team earned four individual event victories, but fell to Juniata College by a final score of 150-112 in Saturday afternoon's dual meet.
Teresa Grimm led the Bearcats with two individual victories, while Adrianna Grimm and Lauren Kelley each added a first-place finish for Saint Vincent.
Teresa Grimm picked up her first victory in the 200-meter breaststroke, touching the wall in 3:00.22, narrowly edging Juniata's Gracie Zumbrun (3:01.08). Valerie Clabaugh followed in third place for Saint Vincent with a time of 3:11.00.
Grimm later added another victory in the 200-meter individual medley, finishing in 2:37.41, just ahead of Juniata's Eleanor Smith (2:38.76). Allison Hegwood placed fourth in the event (2:43.00), while Emi Carpeal finished fifth (2:48.85).
Adrianna Grimm also turned in a strong performance for the Bearcats, winning the 50-meter freestyle in 28.63 seconds. She added a runner-up finish in the 100-meter freestyle, recording a time of 1:02.50.
Kelley earned Saint Vincent's fourth individual victory of the afternoon in the 100-meter butterfly, touching the wall in 1:12.92. Addy Boswell followed in third place (1:16.83), while Fallyn Zembiec placed fifth (1:18.04).
Kelley also placed second in the 100-meter backstroke, finishing in 1:11.50, just behind Juniata's Coltan Swarts (1:11.04). Ava Sutter added a third-place finish for Saint Vincent in the event with a time of 1:16.04.
Hegwood recorded a pair of runner-up finishes in the freestyle events, placing second in the 200-meter freestyle (2:19.57) and 400-meter freestyle (4:54.22). In the 400 freestyle, Hegwood finished just over one second behind Juniata's Eleanor Smith (4:53.19).
Carpeal added another second-place finish for the Bearcats in the 800-meter freestyle, recording a time of 10:19.94. Brook McDermott followed in third place with a time of 10:38.57.
Zembiec also turned in a strong afternoon for Saint Vincent, finishing second in both the 200-meter butterfly (2:59.95) and 200-meter backstroke (2:42.65). Boswell placed third in the 200 butterfly (3:00.00), while Sutter finished third in the 200 backstroke (2:47.42).
In the relay events, Saint Vincent opened the meet with a runner-up finish in the 200-meter medley relay. The team of Adrianna Grimm, Teresa Grimm, Kelley and Hegwood combined for a time of 2:08.72, finishing just behind Juniata's winning relay (2:08.19).
The Bearcats closed the afternoon with another second-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle relay, as Kelley, Zembiec, Cc Hickin and Adrianna Grimm combined to finish in 1:57.28. Saint Vincent's second relay team of Sophia Montvydas, Clabaugh, Boswell and McDermott placed third in 2:04.78.
The Bearcats return to action on Friday, October 30 competing in the two-day York College Invitational. The opening day of the invitational begins at 6 p.m. on Friday night in York.
