Women's Swimming | 2/19/2026 2:16:00 PM

YORK, Pa. – The Bloomsburg women's swim team continued its blistering start to the PSAC Swimming Championships as they had 13 qualifiers for the finals during this morning prelims. The Huskies are currently second in the team standings with 202.5 points.
 
In the first event of the morning, two of the three Husky swimmers earned a spot in tonight's finals of the 100-yard butterfly. Vanesa Valli (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) will take on the A Finals as she finished third overall with a time of 56.62 after dropping 0.62 off her seed time coming into the championships. Ashley Martin (Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush) will swim in the B Finals after finished ninth overall with a time of 58.04, 0.29 faster than her original seed time.
 
The 400-IM finals will feature five Huskies as Grace McBlain (Aldan, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) will swim in the A Finals after qualifying with a time of 4:38.14 and finished seventh overall. Maddie Fletcher (Wrightstown, N.J./Northern Burlington County) will swim in the B Finals after finishing 11^th overall in the prelims with a time of 4:41.25. Jordyn Kinnee (Frederick, Md./Oakdale) leads the charge for Bloomsburg in the C Finals after finishing 19^th with a time of 4:45.19. Sadie Ludwick (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) took 20^th overall with a time of 4:45.94 and Taleah Ruben (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville) finished 24^th with a time of 4:47.64 to round out the C Finals.
 
The Huskies captured six spots in the 200-free finals with Rachel Cunningham (Hanover, Pa./South Western) tying for fourth overall to qualify for the A Finals with a time of 1:54.04 after dropping 4.43 off her original seed time. Morgan Holmes (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) finished ninth overall with a time of 1:54.38. Morgan Keefer (Lewisberry, Pa./Northern York) dropped 2.45 off of her original seed time to finish 12^th overall with a time of 1:55.24 to qualify for the B Finals. Saryn McCullough (Newark, De./Newark Charter) will swim in the C Finals after shaving 1.06 off her original seed time to finish 17^th overall with a time of 1:57.07. Samanthan Linsey finished 18^th overall with a time of 1:57.40 and Sarah Pickel (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) finished 21^st overall with a time of 1:57.55, 0.23 faster than her original seed time.
 
The Huskies 200-yard freestyle relay team enters tonight's finals seeded fifth with a time of 1:35.84. The 400-yard medley relay team is seeded fourth in the final race of the finals with a time of 3:53.34. The finals tonight get underway at 5:30 p.m. from the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa.
 

Event 11 — 100 Butterfly

3rd — Vanesa Valli (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk), 56.62 (A-Final)
9th — Ashley Martin (Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush), 58.04 (B-Final)
40th — Kaia Griffith (Pottstown, Pa./Spring-Ford), 1:02.15

Event 13 — 400 IM

7th — Grace McBlain (Aldan, Pa./Monsignor Bonner), 4:38.14 (A-Final)
11th — Maddie Fletcher (Wrightstown, N.J./Northern Burlington County), 4:41.25 (B-Final)
19th — Jordyn Kinnee (Frederick, Md./Oakdale), 4:45.19 (C-Final)
20th — Sadie Ludwick (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff), 4:45.94 (C-Final)
24th — Taleah Ruben (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville), 4:47.64 (C-Final)
33rd — Avery Wenzel (Reading, Pa./Wilson), 4:57.64

Event 15 — 200 Freestyle

T-4th — Rachel Cunningham (Hanover, Pa./South Western), 1:54.04 (A-Final)
9th — Morgan Holmes (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway), 1:54.38 (B-Final)
12th — Morgan Keefer (Lewisberry, Pa./Northern York), 1:55.24 (B-Final)
17th — Saryn McCullough (Newark, De./Newark Charter), 1:57.07 (C-Final)
18th — Samantha Linsey (Camp Hill, Pa./Cedar Cliff), 1:57.40 (C-Final)
21st — Sarah Pickel (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon), 1:57.55 (C-Final)
25th — Sid Beers, 1:58.68
44th — Olivia Igou (Flourtown, Pa./Springfield Township), 2:03.63