Women's Swimming | 1/15/2022 10:23:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Bloomsburg women's swim team dove into the second half of the 2021-2022 swim season this afternoon as they swept the win against Division III Dickinson College, Saturday afternoon with a final score of 126-74. 
 
The Huskies kicked off the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-medley relay, consisting of freshman Gabi Walsh (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown), junior Anna Sugra (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor), freshman Maggie Shaffer (East Petersburg, PA/Hempfield), and junior Grace Beierschmitt (Dover, Pa./Dover). The Huskies swept first through third place in the 200-yard freestyle as sophomore Madison Osanitsch (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) touched first with a time of 2:00.28. Sugra followed with a time of 2:02.53 and touching third with a time of 2:04.04, junior Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin).
 
Narrowly out touching Dickinson opponent, graduate student Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) nabbed first place with a time of 25.12 in the 50-yard free. Closing out the 50-free; the Huskies picked up third through fifth place. Senior Julie Marchioni (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area) finished 3rd with a time of 26.54, junior Jenna Park (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) touched right after with a time of 26.98 and Walsh closed them out with a time of 27.36. 
 
The Huskies continued to impress as they took first through fifth place in the 200-yard individual medley. Freshman Julia Riegel (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks South) took the win with a time of 2:18.67 and her teammate senior Tara Kupsky (Bear Creek Township, Pa./Wyoming Seminary) touched a second later at 2:19.67. Sophomore Jada Stambaugh (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson), graduate student Kelley McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) and freshman Catie Strayer (York, PA/Central York) took third through fifth, respectfully. 
 
After a small break, the Huskies and Red Devils got right back into action with the 100-yard butterfly as Mooney picked up her second individual win with a time of 1:01.18. Hubric flew into the wall at 1:04.08 and secured second place, while senior Elizabeth Turner (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) grabbed third with a time of 1:04.82. Marchioni rounded out the fly for the day as she snatched fourth place with a time of 1:05.05. 
 
The excitement continued as sophomore Sydney Lloyd (Nescopeck, Pa./Berwick) and Riegel tied for first place in the 100-yard free with a time of 55.64. Beierschmitt picked up her second win in the 100-yard backstroke slamming into the wall 59.26. Huskies Osanitsch, Walsh, and sophomore Sophie Besterman (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) took third through fifth in the 100 back. 
 
The Huskies dove into distance as McHugh took second place in the 500-yard free with a time of 5:32.39 and Strayer finished just behind her with a time of 5:40.45. 
 
Closing out the individual events the Huskies took first and second place in the 100-yard backstroke as Sugra touched at 1:09.56 and Shaffer finished just behind Sugra with a time of 1:11.93. 

The Huskies get right back into action as they compete in the Bahia Cabana sprint meet against Divison III Dickinson College, Saturday afternoon.