GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's swimming and diving team continues to set the pace at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships by extending its lead over second place Saint Vincent to 181 points after the conclusion of Friday night's finals session.

Thanks in part to four wins Friday, the Wolverines now have 665 points after three days of action at James E. Longnecker Pool. Saint Vincent is second with 484 points. 

Grove City closed Friday's session by winning the 200 free relay. Senior Emma Plank (Slippery Rock, Pa./Portersville Christian), senior Sarah Kuchma (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills), junior Sadie Shofestall (Brookville, Pa./Brookville) and sophomore Ashley Rauhauser (York, Pa./Homeschooled) combined for a winning time of 1 minute, 38.64 seconds in the 200 free relay. 

Plank and Rauhauser also secured individual wins. Plank won the 400 individual medley in 4:42.22 while Rauhauser captured the 100 backstroke in a time of 58.71 seconds. 

Freshman Hadleigh McNay (Tucker, Ga./Tucker) won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.43.

Junior Sarah Janicki (Denver, Colo./Austin Waldorf) placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.88) while senior Olivia Getek (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island) touched second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:50.63. Freshman Pippin Lochstet (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) earned third in the 400 IM (4:52.06) while Kuchma placed third in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.26. 

Senior Alex Frank (Asheville, N.C./Asheville Christian) earned third in the 200 free (1:59.79) and sophomore Jamie Durstein (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton La Salle) finished third in the 100 backstroke (1:01.62). 

Senior Mikaela Jenkins (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz) took fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:00.73) while freshman Ellie Webster (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) finished fourth in the 200 free with a time of 2:00.96. Freshman Gianna Bracken (Indiana, Pa./Indiana) placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke by recording a time of 1:11.22. 

Senior Allison Dieter (Huron, Ohio/Huron) posted a fifth-place tim of 4:57.36 in the 400 IM. Freshman Freja Kile (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) finished fifth in the 200 free (2:01.39) while freshman Aubrey Schroeder (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll) placed sixth in the 100 backstroke in a time of 1:03.32. 

Action resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday with preliminaries. The finals will start at 5 p.m.
 

Team Standings 
1. Grove City College                  665   2. Saint Vincent College               484
3. Chatham University                  315   4. Westminster College                 279
5. Allegheny College                   252   6. Washington & Jefferson College      234
7. Franciscan University of Steub      196   8. Bethany College                      96