YORK, Pa. -- The Gannon women's swimming team concluded the third day of competition at the 2025 PSAC Swimming Championships in sixth place out of 12 teams. The Golden Knights opened the conference championships in eighth place after the first day before climbing two spots to sixth on Tuesday. The final day of competition begins tomorrow morning at 10:00 am. Events include the 1650 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, and 400 freestyle relay.
West Chester maintained a sizable lead in the team race with 1,031 with Bloomsburg holding down second place with 766 spots. Gannon has accumulated 463 points after three days and is just two points behind Millersville for fifth place. The Marauders have 465 points.
Gannon's top finish on Wednesday was courtesy of
Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic). The sophomore reached the A finals in the 200-yard butterfly and narrowly missed earning All-PSAC honors. She placed fourth with a time of 2:06.31. Freshman
Juliana Romero (Bogotá, Columbia/Colegio pureza de Maria) took home seventh place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.28.
Here are the results from the penultimate day of competition:
500 Freestyle
Chenay Date Line (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crawford College Sandton) - "B" Final - 12th, 5:12.98
Maddie Myers - "B" Final - 14th, 5:14.23
Roaa Farag (Heliopolis, Egypt/Nermin Ismail) - "C" Final - 18th, 5:12.79
100 Backstroke
Juliana Romero (Bogotá, Columbia/Colegio pureza de Maria) - "A" Final - 7th, 58.28
Bella Kling - "B" Final - 15th, 59.74
Haley Griffin (Wheatfield, N.Y./Mount St. Mary Academy) - "C" Final - 19th, 59.85
Libby Kibler (Attica, N.Y./Attica Senior) - "C" Final - 22nd, 1:00.13
200 Butterfly
Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) - "A" Final - 4th, 2:06.31
Hailey Wills (Cleves, Ohio/Seton) - "B" Final - 12, 2:12.92
Hannah Jacobs (Johannesburg, South Africa/) - "B" Final - 15th, 2:13.82
Camila Devaux (Bahia Blanca, Argentina/) - "C" Final - 20th, 2:17.77
200 Medley Relay
Kling, Jacobs, Wills,
Alex Pannemann (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley) - 8th, 1:49.07
