Day 3 Results
BALTIMORE – Freshman
Kyra Gorman captured a gold medal in the 200-freestyle, leading the Drew University women's swimming & diving team on the third day of the Landmark Conference Championships on Saturday at Loyola University's Mangione Aquatic Center.
Through 14 events, the Rangers have scored 352 points and find themselves in third place among 10 schools. Scranton holds the lead with 662 points and is followed by Catholic (502), Drew, Susquehanna (242), Elizabethtown (218), Juniata (118), Goucher (110), Wilkes (93), Moravian (89), and Lycoming (43).
Gorman clocked a time of 1:55.93 to beat out Catholic's Maura Sadowski by over a second while handing Drew its first event victory of the meet.
Senior
Emilie Tobin also medaled on Saturday, taking the silver in the 400-IM with a time of 4:45.04. In addition, the 200-freestyle relay team of freshman
Ellis Murray, senior
Sam Trodick, Gorman, and junior
Kaitlyn Zayle took second with a time of 1:40.42.
The Rangers posted four additional top-eight performances by virtue of swimmers reaching the championship finals. Trodick placed fourth in the 100-breaststroke (1:07.64), Murray came in fifth in the 100-backstroke (59.87), and junior
Ece Onatca took sixth in both the 100-butterfly (1:01.10) and the 100-backstroke (1:00.62).
In the consolation finals, senior
Katerina Poulathas placed 10th in the 100-butterfly (1:02.46), as did Zayle in the 200-freestyle (2:00.20) and junior
Sarah Weber in the 100-breaststroke (1:10.69). Sophomore
Natalie Koenn took 11th in the 100-fly (1:02.82) while senior
Eliza Lockwood came in 13th in the 200-free (2:04.12). Weber was also 14th in the 100-fly (1:03.91).
The fourth and final day of the meet will be held on Sunday, with prelims starting at 10 a.m. and finals beginning at 5 p.m.