Clarion Opens With Dual Sweep at Allegheny

            (Meadville, Pa.): Clarion University’s Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving team opened its 2006-07 with a sweep at Allegheny on Wednesday night.

            The Clarion women defeated the Gators 158-80, while the men won their meet by a 124-109 margin.

            Jessica Kretz (Sr. Eighty-Four/Canon McMillan) was a double winner for the Golden Eagles taking the 200 IM (2:16.96) and the 200 breaststroke (2:29.08).

            Also winning events were Lori Leitzinger (Jr. State College) in the 100 free (55.75), Katie Kuntz (Sr. N. Canton, Oh.) in the 500 free (5:26.26) and Kristy ClarkeSr. Campbell Hall, N.Y.) in the 50 free (25.54).

            Also taking first places in diving were Ginny Saras (Jr. Hazleton) in the one meter (271.70 points) and Teagan Riggs (Jr. Meadville) in the three meter (281.80) event.

            In the men’s dual Mikie Cohen (Jr. Pickerington, Oh.) was a double winner taking the 50 free (23.38) and the 100 free (51.52) races. Also postin individual wins were Adam Smearman (Sr. Altoona) in the 200 IM (2:03.27), Drew Soisson (Fr. Mechanicsburg) in the 200 fly (2:08.39) and Ryan Thiel (Fr. Ligonier Valley) in the 500 free (5:05.95).

            Junior diver Kevan Phillips (Monroeville/Gateway) also was a double winner taking both the one (298) and three (294.45) meter events.

            Clarion’s women won their 26th PSAC title a year ago and hope to try and defend that title in 2007. Both teams are 1-0 and travel to Carnegie Mellon on Saturday.

Licensed to Allegheny College                  Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 10/25/2006
                       Allegheny V. Clarion - 10/25/2006                       
                       Team Rankings - Through Event 26                        
 
                              Women - Team Scores                              
            Place School                                          Points
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                1 Clarion University                 CLAR            158  
                2 Allegheny College                  ALL              80  
 
                               Men - Team Scores                               
            Place School                                          Points
       ===================================================================
                1 Clarion University                 CLAR            124  
                2 Allegheny College                  ALL             109  

Event 1  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Clarion University  'A'                           4:07.44    4:06.80   11  
     1) Stacy Ogden                     2) Sari Cattoni                   
     3) Katie Kuntz                     4) Kristy Clarke                  
       30.17  1:02.07    32.07  3:04.73                                    
  2 Allegheny College  'A'                                 NT    4:14.20    4  
     1) Carolyn Nairn                   2) Erin Ham                       
     3) Hannah Stewart                  4) Gina Major                     
       30.24  1:01.58    32.27  3:12.62                                    
  3 Clarion University  'B'                                NT    4:20.89    2  
     1) Julie Grilz                     2) Morgan Berkowitz               
     3) Jess Kretz                      4) Melanie Reade                  
       31.81  1:05.92    35.30  3:14.97                                    
  4 Clarion University  'C'                                NT    4:24.34  
     1) Jamie Maloney                   2) Kelly Devlin                   
     3) Margaret Bentley                4) Stevie Coble                   
       31.60  1:05.61    35.17  3:18.73                                    
  5 Allegheny College  'B'                                 NT    4:26.88  
     1) Molly Hanlon                    2) Alynn Maginness                
     3) Rachel Dingman                  4) Kelly Marker                   
       32.46  1:07.43    34.95  3:19.45                                    
 
Event 2  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Allegheny College  'A'                                 NT    3:45.30   11  
     1) Nick Johnson                    2) Josh Sesek                     
     3) Ryan Lawrence                   4) Robert Schreiner               
       27.65    56.67    28.84  1:02.46    25.29    55.33    24.18    50.84
  2 Clarion University  'B'                                NT    3:52.95    4  
     1) Margaret Bentley                2) Stevie Coble                   
     3) Julie Grilz                     4) Denise Simens                  
       27.80    57.55    29.34  1:04.49    26.12    58.76    24.63    52.15
  3 Allegheny College  'B'                                 NT    4:09.11    2  
     1) Ryan Mazzone                    2) Mark Steehler                  
     3) Adam Gailey                     4) Evan Lewis                     
       31.88  1:05.81    30.68  1:05.91    28.85  1:02.24    25.64    55.15
  4 Allegheny College  'C'                                 NT    4:30.47  
     1) JP Russell                      2) Patrick Juber                  
     3) Alex Smith                      4) James Gutowski                 
       37.22  1:16.44    33.62  1:12.06    29.77  1:04.09    26.60    57.88
 -- Clarion University  'A'                           3:41.91         DQ  
     1) Paul Ubbink                     2) Rich Eckert                    
     3) Nate Cohen                      4) Ryan Thiel                     
       27.46    56.64    28.15    59.99    24.72    56.57    22.63    48.20
 
Event 3  Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Arielle Conti                ALL                       NT   11:23.41    9  
      31.65   34.00   34.31   34.38   34.50   34.81   34.36   34.28
      34.10   34.51   34.19   35.00   34.18   34.58   34.82   33.96
      34.41   34.20   34.00   33.17                                
  2 Lee Caffrey                  CLAR                      NT   11:33.27    4  
      31.17   34.11   34.16   34.63   34.65   35.09   34.76   35.06
      34.86   34.43   34.69   35.24   34.94   35.22   35.24   35.33
      35.74   34.91   34.87   34.17                                
  3 Meg Hiestand                 ALL                       NT   11:46.04    3  
      32.26   34.60   35.04   35.54   35.51   35.97   35.24   35.73
      35.73   35.44   34.22   34.29   34.85   35.11   35.43   36.26
      36.59   36.64   37.13   34.46                                
  4 Emily Magoc                  ALL                       NT   12:03.96    2  
      32.81   35.78   35.85   36.40   36.45   36.33   36.49   36.60
      36.47   36.37   36.82   36.72   36.90   36.80   36.40   36.32
      36.75   36.47   36.10   35.13                                
 
Event 4  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Michael Harris               ALL                       NT   10:57.84    9  
      29.91   32.80   33.52   33.66   33.86   33.67   33.39   33.63
      33.41   33.36   32.81   33.33   33.01   32.97   32.67   32.53
      33.00   32.95   32.70   30.66                                
  2 Beau Whiteman                ALL                       NT   11:06.76    4  
      30.32   32.55   33.30   34.38   34.57   34.12   34.11   33.86
      33.95   33.64   33.94   33.99   34.18   34.07   33.76   33.61
      33.16   32.76   32.13   30.36                                
  3 Andy Wolverton               CLAR                      NT   11:10.22    3  
      29.32   32.67   33.44   34.00   34.29   34.18   33.77   33.89
      32.65   32.63   32.55   33.22   33.94   34.36   34.14   34.55
      35.15   33.72   34.21   33.54                                
  4 Dana Megowan                 ALL                       NT   12:02.27    2  
      32.09   34.63   35.15   35.54   36.01   35.96   35.95   36.49
      36.41   36.47   36.95   36.62   37.10   37.36   37.30   37.36
      36.87   37.20   36.70   34.11                                
 
Event 5  Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Carolyn Nairn                ALL                       NT    1:57.64    9  
      28.05   29.96   29.96   29.67                                
  2 Lori Leitzinger              CLAR                      NT    2:00.76    4  
      28.17   30.87   31.28   30.44                                
  3 Melanie Reade                CLAR                 2:03.27    2:02.42    3  
      28.91   30.88   31.22   31.41                                
  4 Denise Simens                CLAR                      NT    2:06.04    2  
      29.66   32.75   32.69   30.94                                
  5 Hannah Stewart               ALL                       NT    2:06.35    1  
      29.73   32.34   32.90   31.38                                
  6 Molly Hanlon                 ALL                       NT    2:11.63  
      30.25   32.94   34.64   33.80                                
 
Event 6  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Ryan Lawrence                ALL                       NT    1:50.19    9  
      26.95   28.03   27.52   27.69                                
  2 Drew Soisson                 CLAR                 1:52.18    1:50.22    4  
      26.07   28.21   28.01   27.93                                
  3 Rich Eckert                  CLAR                      NT    1:53.13    3  
      27.73   29.61   27.67   28.12                                
  4 Nick Johnson                 ALL                       NT    1:54.42    2  
      27.35   28.65   29.18   29.24                                
  5 Paul Ubbink                  CLAR                      NT    1:58.17    1  
      26.96   30.04   30.61   30.56                                
  6 Evan Lewis                   ALL                       NT    2:00.45  
      28.53   30.07   30.65   31.20                                
 
Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Kristy Clarke                CLAR                   25.72      25.54    9  
  2 Vanessa Maus                 CLAR                   25.82      25.92    4  
  3 Megan McGuire                ALL                       NT      26.59    3  
  4 Gina Major                   ALL                       NT      27.35    2  
  5 Kelly Marker                 ALL                       NT      27.56    1  
  6 Kelly Devlin                 CLAR                   29.07      29.15  
 
Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Mikie Cohen                  CLAR                   23.38      23.08    9  
  2 Kyle Gearity                 ALL                       NT      23.62    4  
  3 Tom Deardorff                CLAR                   23.65      23.70    3  
  4 Colin Gundling               ALL                       NT      23.85    2  
  5 Josh Solyan                  CLAR                   24.51      24.59    1  
  6 Alex Smith                   ALL                       NT      25.40  
 
Event 9  Women 200 Yard IM
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Jess Kretz                   CLAR                      NT    2:16.96    9  
      29.81   36.24   38.25   32.66                                
  2 Drea Chamberlain             ALL                       NT    2:21.70    4  
      30.38   39.07   40.14   32.11                                
  3 Jamie Maloney                CLAR                 2:23.03    2:22.16    3  
      30.02   36.91   42.55   32.68                                
  4 Julie Grilz                  CLAR                 2:27.48    2:24.68    2  
      31.73   35.29   45.09   32.57                                
  5 Annie Parodi                 ALL                       NT    2:26.23    1  
      29.23   38.92   43.38   34.70                                
  6 Alynn Maginness              ALL                       NT    2:30.68  
      34.79   38.90   42.14   34.85                                
 
Event 10  Men 200 Yard IM
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Adam Smearman                CLAR                      NT    2:03.27    9  
      26.75   31.30   36.79   28.43                                
  2 Josh Sesek                   ALL                       NT    2:06.53    4  
      27.05   33.55   35.03   30.90                                
  3 AJ Claypool                  CLAR                      NT    2:08.15    3  
      26.44   33.00   38.44   30.27                                
  4 Ashton Kinney                ALL                       NT    2:08.21    2  
      27.08   33.01   38.45   29.67                                
  5 Andy Wolverton               CLAR                 2:11.01    2:11.57    1  
      28.00   32.50   40.43   30.64                                
  6 Adam Gailey                  ALL                       NT    2:20.10  
      30.20   36.15   41.09   32.66                                
 
Event 11  Women 1 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Ginny Saras                  CLAR                      NT     271.70    9  
  2 Teagan Riggs                 CLAR                      NT     254.80    4  
  3 Frankie Civitarese           ALL                       NT     199.95    3  
  4 Jena Gardone                 CLAR                      NT     177.65    2  
 
Event 12  Men 1 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Kevan Phillips               CLAR                      NT     298.00    9  
  2 Jayson Loeffert              ALL                       NT     222.35    4  
  3 Eric Winter                  ALL                       NT     177.05    3  
 
Event 13  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Hannah Stewart               ALL                       NT    2:17.99    9  
      30.97   34.92   35.47   36.63                                
  2 Meg Hiestand                 ALL                       NT    2:18.49    4  
      31.66   34.89   36.08   35.86                                
  3 Margaret Bentley             CLAR                      NT    2:22.79    3  
      30.80   35.91   37.93   38.15                                
  4 Annie Parodi                 ALL                       NT    2:27.74    2  
      30.70   38.14   38.13   40.77                                
  5 Stevie Coble                 CLAR                      NT    2:28.48    1  
      32.01   36.38   39.21   40.88                                
 
Event 14  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Drew Soisson                 CLAR                      NT    2:08.39    9  
      29.19   32.08   33.49   33.63                                
  2 Ryan Lawrence                ALL                       NT    2:13.82    4  
      30.35   33.43   34.87   35.17                                
  3 Robert Schreiner             ALL                       NT    2:15.86    3  
      30.45   34.38   35.11   35.92                                
  4 Josh Solyan                  CLAR                      NT    2:21.33    2  
      30.40   35.13   37.27   38.53                                
  5 Brian Jones                  CLAR                      NT    2:21.86    1  
      30.13   35.60   37.07   39.06                                
  6 Dana Megowan                 ALL                       NT    2:34.00  
      32.11   39.96   41.39   40.54                                
 
Event 15  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Lori Leitzinger              CLAR                      NT      55.75    9  
      27.34   28.41                                                
  2 Vanessa Maus                 CLAR                      NT      55.80    4  
      27.38   28.42                                                
  3 Jamie Maloney                CLAR                      NT      57.14    3  
      27.41   29.73                                                
  4 Erin Ham                     ALL                       NT      59.18    2  
      28.08   31.10                                                
  5 Gina Major                   ALL                       NT    1:00.73    1  
      28.48   32.25                                                
  6 Anna Rose Elson              ALL                       NT    1:08.44  
      33.00   35.44                                                
 
Event 16  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Mikie Cohen                  CLAR                      NT      51.52    9  
      24.70   26.82                                                
  2 AJ Claypool                  CLAR                      NT      51.62    4  
      24.38   27.24                                                
  3 Kyle Gearity                 ALL                       NT      51.75    3  
      25.33   26.42                                                
  4 Colin Gundling               ALL                       NT      52.84    2  
      25.27   27.57                                                
  5 Lee Thompson                 CLAR                      NT      54.35    1  
      25.71   28.64                                                
  6 JP Russell                   ALL                       NT      59.35  
      28.54   30.81                                                
 
Event 17  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Carolyn Nairn                ALL                       NT    2:12.76    9  
      32.21   33.91   33.66   32.98                                
  2 Stacy Ogden                  CLAR                      NT    2:14.87    4  
      32.28   34.37   34.71   33.51                                
  3 Lee Caffrey                  CLAR                      NT    2:27.78    3  
      35.32   37.25   37.73   37.48                                
  4 Melanie Reade                CLAR                      NT    2:28.29    2  
      36.37   37.96   37.34   36.62                                
  5 Molly Hanlon                 ALL                       NT    2:30.26    1  
      35.59   38.55   39.36   36.76                                
  6 Gilliane McShane             ALL                       NT    2:36.50  
      36.59   39.30   40.27   40.34                                
 
Event 18  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Nick Johnson                 ALL                       NT    2:03.97    9  
      29.68   31.75   31.61   30.93                                
  2 Paul Ubbink                  CLAR                      NT    2:06.64    4  
      29.67   31.68   32.02   33.27                                
  3 Eric Hammill                 CLAR                      NT    2:07.53    3  
      30.30   32.92   32.09   32.22                                
  4 Ashton Kinney                ALL                       NT    2:09.63    2  
      30.17   32.71   33.49   33.26                                
  5 Ryan Mazzone                 ALL                       NT    2:22.83    1  
      34.36   36.52   35.84   36.11                                
 
Event 19  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Katie Kuntz                  CLAR                      NT    5:26.26    9  
      30.38   32.96   33.35   33.91   32.98   32.98   32.61   32.71
      32.50   31.88                                                
  2 Sari Cattoni                 CLAR                      NT    5:30.31    4  
      30.60   33.31   33.58   33.72   33.65   33.60   33.56   33.38
      33.05   31.86                                                
  3 Arielle Conti                ALL                       NT    5:30.86    3  
      30.84   33.73   33.57   33.77   33.71   33.66   33.65   33.48
      32.61   31.84                                                
  4 Morgan Berkowitz             CLAR                      NT    5:34.25    2  
      30.73   32.78   33.52   33.52   33.96   33.94   34.04   34.45
      34.15   33.16                                                
  5 Emily Magoc                  ALL                       NT    5:46.85    1  
      31.73   33.91   34.88   34.89   35.18   35.38   35.59   35.54
      35.25   34.50                                                
  6 Rachel Dingman               ALL                       NT    5:49.16  
      31.70   34.39   34.87   35.13   35.31   35.26   35.28   35.99
      36.12   35.11                                                
 
Event 20  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Ryan Thiel                   CLAR                      NT    5:05.95    9  
      27.72   30.97   31.27   31.25   30.97   31.13   31.09   31.09
      30.70   29.76                                                
  2 Adam Smearman                CLAR                      NT    5:09.78    4  
      28.27   30.56   31.06   30.93   31.04   31.54   31.79   32.02
      30.46   32.11                                                
  3 Michael Harris               ALL                       NT    5:20.68    3  
      28.95   31.93   31.87   32.28   32.53   32.46   33.18   32.82
      32.81   31.85                                                
  4 Beau Whiteman                ALL                       NT    5:25.29    2  
      29.12   31.99   33.08   33.57   33.38   33.37   33.76   32.93
      32.88   31.21                                                
  5 Evan Lewis                   ALL                       NT    5:28.50    1  
      29.83   32.61   33.55   33.63   33.53   33.67   33.21   33.49
      33.30   31.68                                                
 
Event 21  Women 3 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Teagan Riggs                 CLAR                      NT     281.80    9  
  2 Ginny Saras                  CLAR                      NT     272.85    4  
  3 Elizabeth Rhodabergen        CLAR                      NT     224.15    3  
 
Event 22  Men 3 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Kevan Phillips               CLAR                      NT     294.45    9  
  2 Eric Winter                  ALL                       NT     176.00    4  
 
Event 23  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Jess Kretz                   CLAR                      NT    2:29.08    9  
      34.43   37.98   38.08   38.59                                
  2 Denise Simens                CLAR                      NT    2:31.22    4  
      35.55   38.84   39.30   37.53                                
  3 Erin Ham                     ALL                       NT    2:35.06    3  
      35.46   39.05   40.01   40.54                                
  4 Drea Chamberlain             ALL                       NT    2:38.36    2  
      36.54   41.10   40.80   39.92                                
  5 Alynn Maginness              ALL                       NT    2:42.07    1  
      37.49   41.64   41.54   41.40                                
  6 Kelly Devlin                 CLAR                      NT    2:50.53  
      39.42   43.50   43.51   44.10                                
 
Event 24  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Josh Sesek                   ALL                       NT    2:20.74    9  
      32.60   36.08   35.37   36.69                                
  2 Lee Thompson                 CLAR                      NT    2:25.53    4  
      32.99   37.18   37.69   37.67                                
  3 Mark Steehler                ALL                       NT    2:27.14    3  
      33.12   37.70   38.73   37.59                                
  4 Andy Wolverton               CLAR                      NT    2:27.39    2  
      34.42   37.98   37.12   37.87                                
  5 Patrick Juber                ALL                       NT    2:38.80    1  
      36.25   40.66   41.06   40.83                                
 
Event 25  Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Clarion University  'A'                                NT    3:42.49   11  
     1) Kristy Clarke                   2) Lori Leitzinger                
     3) Sari Cattoni                    4) Stacy Ogden                    
       26.97    55.44    27.31    56.78    26.45    55.61    25.95    54.66
  2 Clarion University  'B'                                NT    3:54.56    4  
     1) Vanessa Maus                    2) Katie Kuntz                    
     3) Lee Caffrey                     4) Morgan Berkowitz               
       27.50    57.41    27.70    58.17    28.08  1:00.46    27.90    58.52
  3 Clarion University  'C'                                NT    3:59.36    2  
     1) Margaret Bentley                2) Stevie Coble                   
     3) Julie Grilz                     4) Denise Simens                  
       28.03    58.57    29.94  1:02.35    27.69    58.71    28.95    59.73
  4 Allegheny College  'A'                                 NT    4:00.27  
     1) Annie Parodi                    2) Arielle Conti                  
     3) Drea Chamberlain                4) Megan McGuire                  
       29.15  1:02.07    29.07  1:00.74    28.36    59.83    27.37    57.63
  5 Allegheny College  'B'                                 NT    4:20.42  
     1) Rachel Dingman                  2) Emily Magoc                    
     3) Anna Rose Elson                 4) Gilliane McShane               
       30.22  1:02.89    30.46  1:03.91    32.75  1:10.69    15.73  1:02.93
 
Event 26  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Clarion University  'A'                                NT    3:22.34   11  
     1) Tom Deardorff                   2) Adam Smearman                  
     3) AJ Claypool                     4) Ryan Thiel                     
       25.36    53.05    24.10    49.87    24.02    50.94    23.13    48.48
  2 Allegheny College  'A'                                 NT    3:27.35    4  
     1) Ashton Kinney                   2) Robert Schreiner               
     3) Colin Gundling                  4) Kyle Gearity                   
       25.40    52.86    24.27    51.10    24.71    52.36    24.51    51.03
  3 Clarion University  'B'                                NT    3:27.68    2  
     1) Drew Soisson                    2) Rich Eckert                    
     3) Brian Jones                     4) Eric Hammill                   
       25.36    52.23    25.00    51.57    24.88    52.64    24.60    51.24
  4 Allegheny College  'C'                                 NT    3:47.92  
     1) Beau Whiteman                   2) JP Russell                     
     3) James Gutowski                  4) Ryan Mazzone                   
       27.34    56.15    26.42    55.37    28.62    59.17    27.27    57.23
  5 Allegheny College  'B'                                 NT    3:49.88  
     1) Alex Smith                      2) Mark Steehler                  
     3) Michael Harris                  4) Dana Megowan                   
       27.72    58.02    26.23    55.82    28.38    59.02    15.87    57.02
 
                   Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                    
 
  1. Clarion University                  158   2. Allegheny College                    80
 
                    Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                     
 
  1. Clarion University                  124   2. Allegheny College                   109