Men's Swimming | 2/20/2026 8:00:00 PM
THE EVENT FACTS
Event: PSAC Swim Championships, Day 3
Men's Point Totals/Placement: 405 (2nd)
Women's Point Totals/Placement: 388 (7th)
Location: York, PA
Date: February 20th, 2026
YORK, Pa. – Gannon took home another victory on Friday in the penultimate day of the 2026 PSAC Championships. The day was anchored by strong individual performances on both the men's and women's side.
The men's 200 medley relay was the victor in the finals heat, earning an all-PSAC performance and breaking a school record in the process.
The Golden Knights had several strong individual races that were mere inches off a podium finish. Marcos Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain/Santa María del Pilar) would swim a 49.79 to finish fourth in the 100 backstroke. Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) had the top Gannon performance on the women's side with a fourth place finish in the 200 butterfly, and Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) also was fourth, clocking a 1:51.83.
In the team standings, the men's squad remained in second following day three, while the women stand in seventh with two sessions to go.
The final day of PSAC Championships will begin tomorrow at 10:00 am. Finals start at 5:00 pm.
GANNON FINALS RESULTS
Women's 200 Medley Relay
Gannon - 6th (1:46.45)
Men's 200 Medley Relay
Gannon - 1st (1:29.55) (ALL-PSAC) (SCHOOL RECORD)
Women's 500 Freestyle
Elisa Moliner (Zaragoza, Spain/IES Francisco de Goya) (C Final) - 21st (5:14.89)
Men's 500 Freestyle
Emmanuel Cisneros (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet) (A Final) - 6th (4:38.68)
Dexter Jones (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) (B Final) - 12th (4:46.01)
Women's 100 Backstroke
Mariia Melnyk (Kyiv, Ukraine/Education Center Optima) (B Final) - 9th (57.64)
Juliana Romero (Bogotá, Columbia/Colegio pureza de Maria) (B Final) - 16th (1:00.62)
Libby Kibler (Attica, N.Y./Attica Senior) (C Final) - 21st (1:00.38)
Men's 100 Backstroke
Marcos Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain/Santa María del Pilar) (A Final) - 4th (49.79)
Tyler Turgeon (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin High School) (A Final)- 7th (51.02)
Nickolas Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward) (B Final) - 9th (50.66)
Bengimin Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward) (B Final) - 13th (52.20)
Bryce Buret (B Final) - 15th (52.76)
Nikita Poparcea (B Final) - 16th (52.99)
Women's 100 Breaststroke
Maria Valcheva (Sofia, Bulgaria/Sports School Vasil Levski) (C Final) - 18th (1:07.83)
Chinyere Mgbemena (Harare, Zimbabwe/Eaglesvale) (C Final) - 19th (1:07.87)
Men's 100 Breaststroke
Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy) (A Final) - 8th (56.71)
Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill) (B Final) - 9th (56.48)
Dylan Ray (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney Community) (B Final) - 14th (57.68)
Women's 200 Butterfly
Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) (A Final) - 4th (2:07.88)
Hailey Wills (Cleves, Ohio/Seton) (B Final) - 16th (2:15.06)
Hannah Jacobs (Johannesburg, South Africa) (C Final) - 20th (2:17.32)
Men's 200 Butterfly
Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) (A Final) - 4th (1:51.83)
Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (A Final) - 7th (1:53.71)
Tyler Turgeon (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin High School) (B Final) - 10th (1:54.78)
Kaidan Helmeczi (Mount Wolf, PA/Northeastern Senior High School) (B Final) - 12th (1:55.43)
Adrian Parades Carrillo (B Final) - 14th (1:55.73)
THE KNIGHT CAP
•A New Record: The meet started off with a bang. In the 200 medley relay, the team of Marcos Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain/Santa María del Pilar), Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy), Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) and Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) broke a school record with a time of 1:29.55, a mark previously set in the 2023-24 season. GU would take first for the second win of the championships. Retsch and Boyle, interestingly enough, were part of the record setting team two years ago. The women were also strong in the 200 medley relay, taking 6th.
• Backing it Up: The women were strong in the 100 backstroke. Mariia Melnyk (Kyiv, Ukraine/Education Center Optima) recorded a top six time but ultimately finished ninth, a sub 48 second swim for the Golden Knights. Juliana Romero (Bogotá, Columbia/Colegio pureza de Maria) was in the top 16, while Libby Kibler (Attica, N.Y./Attica Senior) dropped nearly a second of her personal best time. On the men's side, Marcos Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain/Santa María del Pilar) claimed fourth.
• Emily Showcases: Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic) was just one spot shy of an all-PSAC performance, still clocking a strong 2:07.88 in the 200 butterfly. The junior led all Golden Knights in that race.
• Team Success: The men's squad remains comfortably in second with 405 points. Meanwhile, for a second straight day, the women moved up another spot, sitting in seventh with one day to go.
A LOOK AT TOMORROW
The final day of the 2026 PSAC Championships will begin tomorrow. Prelims start at 10:00 am, finals will start at 5:00 pm.
This story was written using the support of AI.
