The Final Day

It’s the final day of the four day PSAC Championship Meet. This morning the Vulcans had all personal best times in every race. The meet began when Kasey Travitz dominated her heat in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:12.52. Following her was Meghan Schuh in the next heat who swam a time of 2:13.19. Next was Georgia Emert who made the NCAA “B” qualifying time with a 2:07.41 and will also be swimming again tonight in the final heat.

It then was time for some sprinting with the 100 yard freestlye next. Kelly Geras swam a time of 54.98, Rachel Kurta 54.19, Ester Bosch 52.14, and Melissa Gates 51.31. Bosch’s time met the NCAA “B” qualifying standard and Gates who has already qualified for the event with an NCAA “A” qualifying time. Gates and Bosch will be swimming the final heat and Kurta in the consolation heat tonight.

Following that event came the 200 yard breaststroke. The Vulcans only had one swimmer featured in this event. Freshman Caitlyn Sirkoch swam the event in a time of 2:29.61. She will be swimming again tonight in the consolation heat.

Concluding the morning was the 200 yard butterfly. Sophomore Ellie Imhof has a breath taking race with a time of 2:14.67 dropping nearly 15 seconds off her seed time. Althought she just missed coming back again tonight she had the swim of her life. Last up was Bruna Carvalho who made the NCAA “B” qualifying time of 2:10.56. She will be swimming tonight in the final heat as she finished in 8th place this morning. Tonight the Vulcans look to gain points to move up in the overall team scores. The 400 yard freestyle relay will be swum tonight. The relay qualified for NCAA’s Thursday night and look to impove on their time tonight. Seniors will also be recognized prior to the start of the final session to honor those individuals for their remarkable college careers. Ester Bosch and Rachel Kurta are the only seniors for the Vulcans.

Let’s Finish It Off Ladies!