GROVE CITY, Pa. (Nov. 6) – The Saint Vincent College women's swimming team earned six individual event victories in a 188-92 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) dual meet loss at Grove City on Friday evening.
Allison Hegwood led the way for the Bearcats, recording two individual first-place finishes. Hegwood opened her evening with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:58.78, before adding another win in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:28.35.
Emi Carpeal also turned in a strong performance for Saint Vincent, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:19.13. Carpeal finished more than nine seconds ahead of Grove City's Freja Kile, who placed second in 11:28.63. Carpeal also added a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 5:41.78.
Adrianna Grimm earned a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 55.75 seconds. Grimm edged Grove City's Claire Pecora, who finished second in 56.16 seconds.
Lauren Kelley added another individual victory for the Bearcats in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 1:02.30. Kelley also placed second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:26.06.
Teresa Grimm rounded out the individual winners for Saint Vincent, capturing first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:18.19. Grimm also recorded a pair of third-place finishes in the breaststroke events, swimming the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:11.72 and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:38.08.
In the relay events, the Bearcats earned a pair of runner-up finishes.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Adrianna Grimm, Teresa Grimm, Kelley, and Hegwood finished second with a time of 1:52.38, just 0.11 seconds behind Grove City's winning time of 1:52.27.
Saint Vincent closed out the meet with another narrow second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Adrianna Grimm, Kelley, Ava Sutter, and Hegwood finished in 1:41.38, just 0.14 seconds behind Grove City's winning time of 1:41.24.
Sutter also recorded a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 27.02 seconds, while Fallyn Zembiec placed fourth in both the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.39) and 200-yard backstroke (2:22.94).
Saint Vincent returns to action on Friday, November 20, competing in the three-day Fredonia Blue Devil Invitational.
