ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon swimming and diving teams broke four pool records and posted 21 more Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying times during a dual-meet split against NCAA Division I Canisius Saturday afternoon at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion. The women's team secured a 154.5-86.5 victory while the men fell 132.5-108.5.

The Gannon women's 400-yard medley relay team kicked off the dual meet with some fireworks, breaking the pool record during the first event of the afternoon. The team of Rachel King (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena), Katie Vincent (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus), Jackie Rzymek (Erie, Pa./McDowell) and Ellie Hess (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) set the new mark in four minutes and 6.84 seconds.

It was the first of three pool records broken on the women's side. Rzymek reset a pool record that she initially broke last season with a 100-yard butterfly time of 59.39 seconds. Sarah Lawton (Franklin, Pa./Franklin) later set the 100-yard backstroke pool record in 1:00.23.

Gannon won nine of the 13 events en route to victory. Kaitlyn Bosy (Courtice, Ontario/Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary) took home two of those gold medals. The junior won the 50-yard freestyle event for the third time this season with a conference-qualifying time of 24.58 seconds. She then won the 100-yard freestyle for the third time this season with another PSAC-time of 53.56 seconds.

Steph Graham (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) recorded a pair of conference-qualifying times in the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard butterfly. The freshman secured her second 200-yard IM victory of the season with a qualifying time of 2:16.17. She later beat the clock in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing third with a time of one minute and 1.65 seconds.

Other individual winners on the women's side included Vincent in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.14) and Megan Beresford (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area) in the one-meter diving event (242.10). The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Rzymek, Sarah Anderson (Erie, Pa./McDowell), Hess and Bosy capped the day with a time of 3:41.51 for another first-place finish.

Three more Lady Knights posted PSAC-qualifying times during Saturday's meet: Hess in the 200-yard freestyle (2:02.33), King in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.60) and Christina Ruggiero (Williamsville, N.Y./Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart) in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:01.53, season-best).

Mitchel Meighen (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) highlighted the action on the men's side with a pool record and two conference-qualifying times. The senior set the new pool mark in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall first in 59.44 seconds. He earlier finished second in the 200-yard IM with another qualifying time of two minutes and 1.55 seconds. The time tied his season-best, accomplished before at the Mid-Season Invitational.

Luke Curtis (Adelaide, South Australia/Blackfriars Priory) was the only other individual winner on the men's side, capturing the 500-yard freestyle for the third time this season with a PSAC-qualifying time of four minutes and 47.69 seconds. The freshman doubled up on his qualifying times with a second-place finish and a season-best 1:48.20 time in the 200-yard freestyle.

The men's competition concluded with Gannon winning the 400-yard freestyle relay event. The team of Terrance Coughran (Atwater, Calif./Atwater), Alex Dovale (Cape Town, South Africa/South African Collage), Phil Myrick (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) and Daniel Hodson (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) formed the best team with a time of three minutes and 16.65 seconds.

In addition to the conference-qualifying times set by Meighen and Curtis, eight other marks were met on the men's side. Hodson and Chase recorded two qualifying times each. Hodson accomplished the feat in the 50-yard freestyle (22.16, season-best) and the 100-yard backstroke (55.31). Chase did it in the 50-yard freestyle (22.20, season-best) and the 100-yard butterfly (53.04).

Kyle Lazenby (Erie, Pa./McDowell) became the 28th Gannon swimmer to qualify for the PSAC Championships when he met the right time in the 100-yard backstroke (56.28). Other swimmers to post the correct times included Dovale in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:19.33, season-best), Coughran in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:19.33) and Jared Griffard (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho/Coeur d'Alene) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.12).

The Gannon women's team improved to 6-2 with its fifth consecutive dual-meet victory while the men's squad evened its record at 3-3. The Canisius women's program fell to 1-7 while the men's team improved to 4-4. Both Gannon swimming and diving teams return to action Saturday, January 22 at a tri-meet hosted by Edinboro. The event includes Gannon, Edinboro, Clarion and Ashland. The first gun is scheduled for 1 p.m.

For complete results from Saturday's Gannon-Canisius swimming and diving meet, please click here.