Women's Swimming | 2/22/2020 11:14:00 PM

COMPLETE DAY FOUR RESULTS

YORK, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University women's swimming team wrapped the 2020 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships on Saturday evening at the Graham Aquatic Center with a third-place finish in the overall team standings. The Huskies finished the four-day meet with 1027 points and trailed only conference champion West Chester (1714.5 points) and second-place IUP (1139.5 points) in the race for the league title.

It marked the second consecutive third-place finish for the Huskies after ending as conference runners-up four straight seasons from 2015-18.

Senior Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) opened up the final night of racing for the Huskies with a second-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle as she touched the wall in a personal-best time of 17:00.21. It was more than three seconds faster than her previous best mark of 17:03.48 at last year's NCAA Division II National Championships in Indianapolis. West Chester's Georgia Wright won with a PSAC meet record time of 16:23.71. Junior Chelsea Ackerson (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) took seventh overall with a time of 17:32.19.

Cubbler's time ranks 16th in the country and she will have another opportunity to get under 17 minutes in a couple of weeks at the NCAA Division II National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Freshman Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) led four Bloomsburg point-scorers in the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday night as she finished seventh overall with a time of 52.78. Swimming in her first collegiate conference championship, Hubric had two top-eight individual finishes and was part of three relay teams that finished in the top five during the four-day event. Another freshman who made a name for herself this week - Jenna Park (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal) - won the B final on Saturday night with a time of 53.12 while junior Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) won the C final after touching the wall in 53.36. Park had two top-ten individual results and was also part of three top-five relay foursomes in her first league championship meet.

Senior Shannon Ball (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff) also scored for the Huskies in the 100-yard freestyle as she finished fourth in the C final - 20th overall - with a time of 53.91.

Bloomsburg added five scorers in the 200-yard backstroke with senior Kiera Wadsworth (Blakeslee, Pa./Ridley) capping off her career with a third-place result in a time of 2:05.84. Junior Kelley McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) placed third in the B final - 11th overall - with a mark of 2:08.29 while redshirt sophomore Sarah Campion (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville), freshman Alicia Lehman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks), and senior Deanna Shuster (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) earning points in the C final. Campion won (17th overall) with a time of 2:11.58 - just ahead of Lehman who was second (18th overall) by completing the race in 2:12.06. Shuster was fourth in the C final - 20th overall - with a time of 2:13.42.

Three more scored in the final individual event - the 200-yard breaststroke - with sophomore Carlie Owens (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) leading the pack with a sixth-place finish in a time of 2:23.31. Junior Kristen Bane (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) was third in the B final - 11th overall - with a mark of 2:25.21 while freshman Anna Sugra (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) was third in the C final - 19th overall - after finishing in 2:32.31.

The Huskies closed out the meet in the 400-yard freestyle relay where the foursome of Cubbler, Mooney, Park, and Hubric tied for fifth with a time of 3:33.33.

Cubbler will be making her way to the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, for the NCAA Division II National Championships beginning on Wednesday, March 11 and will run through Saturday, March 14. The official announcement for all of the invitees will made in the next few days.

BLOOMSBURG DAY FOUR RESULTS

1650 FREE
2. Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) - 17:00.21 (NCAA "B")
7. Chelsea Ackerson (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) - 17:32.19

100 FREE
7. Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) - 52.78
9. Jenna Park (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal) - 53.12
17. Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) - 53.36
20. Shannon Ball (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff) - 53.91
28. Liz Jackson (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) - 54.83
37. Grace Beierschmitt (Dover, PA/Dover) - 55.98
47. Elizabeth Turner (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) - 57.32

200 BACK
3. Kiera Wadsworth (Blakeslee, Pa./Ridley) - 2:05.84
11. Kelley McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) - 2:08.29
17. Sarah Campion (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville) - 2:11.58
18. Alicia Lehman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks) - 2:12.06
20. Deanna Shuster (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) - 2:13.42

200 BREAST
6. Carlie Owens (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) - 2:23.31
11. Kristen Bane (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) - 2:25.21
19. Anna Sugra (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) - 2:32.31
29. Julie Marchioni (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area) - 2:40.26

400 FREE RELAY
T5. Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford), Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside), Jenna Park (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal), Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) - 3:33.33