GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Fifteen Grove City College women's swimmers and divers earned All-Presidents' Athletic Conference honors in recognition of their respective performances at the conference championships, held February 14-17 at the College's James E. Longnecker Pool. Ten women earned First Team All-PAC honors and five captured Second Team distinction after helping the Wolverines win the conference title with 1,031.5 team points.
The all-conference swimming and diving teams are determined by a formula-based selection process using student-athletes' individual and relay finishes at the league's annual championships.
Fifth-year senior
Rachael Wallace (Hopewell, Pa./Hopewell) earned the conference's Most Valuable Performer award while junior
Kamryn Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) captured the league's Diver of the Year award.
Senior
Liz Hasse (East Earl, Pa./Homeschooled), senior
Emma Otten (Loveland, Ohio/Milford), junior
Alex Frank (Asheville, N.C./Asheville Christian), junior
Mikaela Jenkins (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz), junior
Sarah Kuchma (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills), junior
Emma Plank (Slippery Rock, Pa./Portersville Christian), sophomore
Sarah Janicki (Denver, Colo./Austin Waldorf) and freshman
Ashley Rauhauser (York, Pa./Homeschooled) joined Kerr and Wallace on the First Team.
Junior
Allison Dieter (Huron, Ohio/Huron), junior
Olivia Getek (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island), freshman
Jamie Durstein (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton La Salle), junior
Isabelle Koistinen (Windsor, Conn./Windsor) and sophomore
Sadie Shofestall (Brookville, Pa./Brookville) all captured Second Team All-PAC recognition.
Wallace won three individual titles and also helped both medley relay teams to victory, along with the 200 and 400 free relays. Wallace won the 100 butterfly in 55.66 seconds, then took the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:06.29. She also won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:09.60.
Wallace, Hasse, Kuchma and Rauhauser won the 200 free relay in 1:37.32. That same foursome won the 400 free relay in 3:34.42. Wallace joined Janicki, Otten and Rauhauser on the Wolverines' winning 200 medley relay (1:49.68) as she swam the anchor leg. She then contributed the butterfly leg to Grove City's 400 medley relay (4:00.71), which also featured Hasse, Janicki and Rauhauser.Â
Wallace also earned the conference's MVP award in 2022. She has qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the 100 butterfly.Â
Kerr captured the conference's Diver of the Year award for the second straight season as she won the league title in 3-meter diving and placed second on the 1-meter board. Kerr won 3-meter diving with a total of 417.90 points. She added a total of 390.05 points on the low board. Kerr will compete at the NCAA Regional Diving Championships this Friday and Saturday at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Hasse won the conference title in the 200 free with a time of 1:55.29 and also led off Grove City's winning 800 free relay (7:58.32). Frank, Plank and Kuchma joined Hasse on the 800 relay. Hasse added a runner-up finish in the 100 free (53.18).Â
Otten placed third in the 200 backstroke (2:17.42) and 100 butterfly (58.99) in addition to helping the 200 medley relay team to victory. Frank finished fourth in the 200 (2:01.91) and 500 (5:24.67) free while also finishing fifth in the 1650 (18:54.32).Â
Jenkins earned runner-up to Wallace in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:16.51. She also finished fourth in the 100 fly (1:01.55). Meanwhile, Kuchma placed second in the 200 free (1:59.61) and fourth in both the 50 (25.15) and 100 free (54.90).
Plank won the 400 individual medley in 4:47.64 and added a runner-up time of 5:19.58 in the 500. Plank also finished third in the 1650 with a time of 18:48.41. Janicki finished as runner-up in both breaststroke races, posted a time of 1:09.47 in the 100 breaststroke and a 2:32.24 clocking in the 200 breaststroke.Â
Rauhauser won the conference title in the 100 backstroke (59.57) and 200 backstroke (2:09.09) while also placing runner-up in the 200 IM with a time of 2:14.64.Â
Dieter finished third in the 100 (1:10.63) and 200 breaststroke (2:34.45) while Getek placed fourth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:18.00. Durstein capped her rookie season by taking fifth in the 50 free (25.23) and 100 backstroke (1:02.07).Â
Koistinen captured fifth in the 200 free (2:02.21) while also taking seventh in the 500 (5:31.54) and 1650 (19:12.01). Shofestall placed seventh in the 50 free (25.50) and 100 free (56.16).
Head coach
Dave Fritz earned the league's Coach of the Year award. Frank also earned a spot on the conference's Sportsmanship Team.
Grove City went 6-2 in dual meet action. The Wolverines have now won five straight conference titles.Â
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