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THE EVENT FACTS
Event: PSAC Swim Championships, Day 1
Men's Point Totals/Placement: 99 (3rd)
Women's Point Totals/Placement: 86 (9th)
Location: York, PA
Date: February 18th, 2026
YORK, Pa. – Gannon is on the board with already two All-PSAC performances after day one of the PSAC Championship meet in York, PA. The men's team sits in third while the women are ninth, but both team fields are tightly contested.
Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) earned an All-PSAC performance in the men's 200 IM, finishing 3rd with a time of 1:49.88. Three Golden Knights finished in the top 15 of the event.
Another all conference honor belonged to Nikita Poparcea, who was third in the 50 free. Going 20.29, he just edged out teammate Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland), who was fifth.
GANNON FINALS RESULTS
Women's 1000 Freestyle
Elisa Moliner (Zaragoza, Spain/IES Francisco de Goya) - 20th (10:56.34)
Men's 1000 Freestyle
Emmanuel Cisneros (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet) - 7th (9:45.36)
Dexter Jones (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) - 11th (9:52.27)
Women's 200 IM
Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) (C Final) - 19th (2:11.55)
Men's 200 IM
Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) (A Final) - 3rd (1:49.88) (ALL-PSAC)
Dylan Ray (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney Community) (B Final) - 14th (1:54.50)
Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy) (B Final) - 15th (1:55.11)
Women's 50 Freestyle
Mariia Melnyk (Kyiv, Ukraine/Education Center Optima) (A Final) - 5th (23.68)
Amari Ash (Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago/Northgate College, Tacarigua) (B Final) - 11th (24.08)
Men's 50 Freestyle
Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain) (A Final) - 3rd (20.29) (ALL-PSAC) (NCAA B-Cut)
Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (A Final) - 5th (20.74)
THE KNIGHT CAP
•All-PSAC: Gannon had two All-PSAC performances after day one. Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) earned an All-PSAC performance in the men's 200 IM, finishing 3rd with a time of 1:49.88. Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain) was third in the 50 free.
• Flying in the 50: In her first ever race at PSAC Championships, freshman Mariia Melnyk (Kyiv, Ukraine/Education Center Optima) delivered a fifth place performance in the 50 freestyle, going 23.68.
• So Free: Elisa Moliner (Zaragoza, Spain/IES Francisco de Goya) cracked the top 20 in the women's 1000 freestyle, while Emmanuel Cisneros (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet) (7th) and Dexter Jones (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) (11th) were in the top dozen on the men's side.
• Hedging Bets: Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) went a 2:11.55 to claim 19th in the 200 IM.
• Team Success: The men's team sits in third while the women are ninth, but both team fields are tightly contested.
A LOOK AT TOMORROW
Gannon will look for another strong outing on Thursday. Events finals include the 200 free relay, 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, and 400 medley relay.
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