CLARION, Pa. – Gannon University women's swimming and diving opened the 2022-23 dual meet season with six first-place finishes against Clarion University but could not overcome the Golden Eagles' depth and fell in the team score, 151-110. Freshman Isabella Dietz (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with times of 1:10.63 and 2:33.65, respectively, and also claimed Gannon's top finish in the 200 IM (second place in 2:16.88.)
 
Other event winners included Sterre van de Goor (Oss, Netherlands/Sint-Joriscollege) in the 1000 freestyle (10:50.97, a new pool record at Clarion's Tippin Natatorium), Chenay Date Line (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crawford College Sandton) in the 200 free (2:00.68), Leilani Kunf (White Oak, Pa./McKeesport Area) in the 100 backstroke (1:02.10), and newcomer Madalyn Myers (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional)--a transfer from West Chester--who touched the wall first in the 500 free with a time of 5:18.60, also a new pool record. The Golden Knights went 1-2-3 in the 500 free, with Date Line (5:23.32) and van de Goor (5:25.48) rounding out the top three.
 
Myers also added a second place finish in the 1000 free, just 10 seconds back of van de Goor and about one second ahead of third-place Clarion freshman Joslyn Jurski.
 
The top three spots in the 200 free also went to Gannon, with Irati Arzalluz (Lasarte-Oria, Spain/Santo Tomas Lizeoa) (2:01.59) and Hailey Yurkovich (Elizabeth, Pa.) (2:02.27) finishing behind Date Line, all within three seconds of each other.
 
Gannon's relay performances included a third-place mark in the 400 medley relay (4:10.17) swam by Kunf, Dietz, Nomvula Mjimba (Harare, Zimbabwe/The Wykeham Collegiate), and Lily Cunningham (Lavista, Neb./Papillion-La Vista) as well as a second-place mark (1:43.00) in the 200 free relay by Zoey Beck (Grove City, Pa.), Alex Pannemann (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley), Mjimba, and Cunningham.
 
A trio of Golden Knight divers also competed against a strong Clarion contingent, with Kyla Miller (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) placing seventh in both the 1-meter (171.15) and 3-meter (178.73) events. Alexandra Briggs (Newark, N.Y./Newark Senior High) finished 11^th in 1-meter (133.95) and eighth in 3-meter (148.88), with Madeline Kless (Highland Heights, Ohio/Mayfield) also taking 10^th place in the 1-meter event with a score of 135.53.
 
View a complete list of Gannon's top times in each event below.
 
The Golden Knights return to the pool for another dual meet on Saturday, November 5 at RIT.
 
Gannon Women's Swimming Top Times
Women's 400 Medley Relay – Kunf, Dietz, Mjimba, Cunningham (3^rd place – 4:10.17)
Women's 1000 Free – van de Goor (1^st place – 10:50.97) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 200 Free – Date Line (1^st place – 2:00.68) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 100 Backstroke – Kunf (1^st place – 1:02.10) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 100 Breaststroke – Dietz (1^st place – 1:10.63) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 200 Butterfly – Nemetz (2^nd place – 2:15.72) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 50 Free –  Cunningham (3^rd place – 25.51) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 100 Free – Cunningham (4^th place – 56.35) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 200 Backstroke – Kunf (4^th place – 2:17.48)
Women's 200 Breaststroke – Dietz (1^st place – 2:33.65) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 500 Freestyle – Myers (1^st place – 5:18.60) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 100 Butterfly – Arzalluz (3^rd place – 1:02.54)
Women's 200 IM – Dietz (2^nd place – 2:16.88) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Women's 200 Freestyle Relay –Beck, Pannemann, Mjimba, Cunningham (2^nd place – 1:43.00)