Meghan Terwilliger Action Shot
Senior Meghan Terwilliger's fourth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly led the Lady Knights on the third day of competition at the PSAC Championships.

Women's Swimming Madeline Williams, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Gannon's Terwilliger Places Fourth in 200-Yard Fly to Lead Lady Knights on Day Three of PSAC Championships

THE RUNDOWN
  • Event: 2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women's Swimming Championships
  • Location: Graham Aquatic Center – York, Pa.
  • Competing Teams: Bloomsburg, Clarion, California (Pa.), East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana (Pa.), Gannon, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Shippensburg, Millersville and West Chester
  • Result: Gannon sits fifth out of 12 teams
  • The Short Story: Senior Meghan Terwilliger (Grove City, Pa./Grove City Area) clocked the best time of her career in the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.91) to place fourth Friday night at the PSAC Championships in York, Pa. The Lady Knights are in fifth place after three days of action at the conference meet. 

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
PSAC TEAM LEADERBOARD (Top 5)
  1. West Chester (1,368)
  2. Bloomsburg (852)
  3. Indiana (Pa.) (719)
  4. Clarion (500)
  5. Gannon (417)

GANNON'S INDIVIDUAL PODIUM FINISHES
  • Terwilliger – 200-Yard Butterfly – 2:07.91 (4th Place) … Terwilliger swam a 2:08.21 in the prelims before clocking the best time of her four-year career in the finals.
  • Samantha Favret (Watertown, N.Y./Watertown) – 100-Yard Backstroke – 57.87 (7th Place) … Favret clocked her best time of the season (57.41) in the 100-yard backstroke prelims to reach the finals Friday night … she swam a time of 57.87 in the finals to place seventh.
  • 800-Yard Freestyle Relay – 7:46.17 (4th Place) … Silvija Taraska (Wickliffe, Ohio/Lake Catholic), Jillian Pritchard (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin), Courteney Hubert (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) and Celia Kottakis (Clarence, N.Y./Clarence) swam their best time of the season in the 800-yard freestyle relay, good for fourth place.

ADDITIONAL GANNON RESULTS
  • Pritchard placed 15th in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:13.63. Her prelims time of 5:11.24 is a career-best.
  • Brynn Driscoll (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley) swam a time of 1:07.94 to place 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke finals. She swam a personal-best time of 1:06.50 in the prelims Friday morning.

UP NEXT
  • The PSAC Championships conclude Saturday, February 24 with the final day of action.
  • Prelims begin at 10 a.m. with the finals scheduled for 5 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Samantha Favret

Samantha Favret

Redshirt Senior
Backstroke/Sprint Freestyle
Courteney Hubert

Courteney Hubert

Junior
Freestyle
Jillian Pritchard

Jillian Pritchard

Sophomore
Mid/Distance Freestyle
Meghan Terwilliger

Meghan Terwilliger

Senior
Butterfly/IM
Brynn Driscoll

Brynn Driscoll

Freshman
Breaststroke/IM/Sprint Freestyle
Celia Kottakis

Celia Kottakis

Freshman
Mid/Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly
Silvija Taraska

Silvija Taraska

Freshman
Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke

Players Mentioned

Samantha Favret

Samantha Favret

Redshirt Senior
Backstroke/Sprint Freestyle
Courteney Hubert

Courteney Hubert

Junior
Freestyle
Jillian Pritchard

Jillian Pritchard

Sophomore
Mid/Distance Freestyle
Meghan Terwilliger

Meghan Terwilliger

Senior
Butterfly/IM
Brynn Driscoll

Brynn Driscoll

Freshman
Breaststroke/IM/Sprint Freestyle
Celia Kottakis

Celia Kottakis

Freshman
Mid/Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly
Silvija Taraska

Silvija Taraska

Freshman
Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke