GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Fifteen members of the Grove City College women's swimming and diving team earned All-Presidents' Athletic Conference honors in recognition of their respective performances at the conference championships, hosted February 19-22 by the College at James E. Longnecker Pool.
Senior
Alex Frank (Asheville, N.C./Asheville Christian), junior
Sarah Janicki (Denver, Colo./Austin Waldorf), senior
Mikaela Jenkins (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz), freshman
Freja Kile (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair), senior
Sarah Kuchma (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills), freshman
Hadleigh McNay (Tucker, Ga./Tucker), senior
Emma Plank (Slippery Rock, Pa./Portersville Christian), sophomore
Ashley Rauhauser (York, Pa./Homeschooled), junior
Sadie Shofestall (Brookville, Pa./Brookville) and freshman
Ellie Webster (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) all attained First Team honors.
Second Team recognition went to senior
Allison Dieter (Huron, Ohio/Huron), senior
Olivia Getek (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island), freshman
Pippin Lochstet (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) and freshman
Aubrey Schroeder (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll). Sophomore
Jamie Durstein (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton La Salle) captured Honorable Mention All-PAC.
Frank finished runner-up in the 500 free with a time of 5 minutes, 21.62 seconds. She also placed third in the 200 free with a time of 1:59.79. Janicki placed second in both breaststroke events, recording a time of 1:08.88 in the 100 and a 2:31.32 performance in the 200 breaststroke.
Jenkins joined Kuchma, McNay and Rauhauser on Grove City's victorious 400 medley relay squad, which combined for a time of 3:59.59. Jenkins also finished second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:15.08.
Kile, Kuchma, Plank and Webster teamed for a winning time of 7:55.90 in the 800 free relay. Kile added fourth-place finishes in the 500 (5:26.18) and 1650 (18:44.74).
Kuchma, Plank, Rauhauser and Shofestall combined to win the 200 free relay in 1:38.64. In addition to her three free relay wins, Kuchma finished third in the 100 butterfly (1:00.26) and 100 freestyle (54.33).
McNay swept the breaststroke at the conference championships. The rookie recorded a winning time of 1:06.43 in the 100 breaststroke and added a victorious mark of 2:25.64 in the 200 breaststroke. She also finished runner-up to Rauhauser in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:16.03.
Plank won the 400 IM in a time of 4:42.22 while also taking second in the 50 free (24.38) and 100 free (53.38).
Rauhauser earned three individual wins at the conference championships. In addition to her win in the 200 IM (2:13.41), she also touched first in both backstroke events. Rauhauser won the 100 backstroke in 58.71 seconds and posted a winning time of 2:10.37 in the 200.
Shofestall scored in two sprint events, along with her part in the 200 free relay win. She finished fifth in the 50 free (25.05) and then placed sixth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.58 seconds.
Webster earned fourth in the 200 free (2:00.96) and fifth in the 100 free (54.77) in addition to her 400 and 800 free relay contributions.
Dieter scored in the 200 breaststroke and both individual medley events for Grove City. She took fourth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:33.39. Her 400 IM time of 4:57.36 placed her fifth while her time of 2:18.74 netted sixth in the 200 individual medley.
Getek captured runner-up in the 400 IM (4:50.63) and added fourth-place arrivals in both the 200 IM (2:17.98) and 200 butterfly (2:20.56). Lochstet finished third in the 400 IM (4:52.06) and sixth in the 200 butterfly (2:24.70).
Schroeder contributed to Grove City's 1-2-3-4 sweep in the 200 IM with a third-place time of 2:17.69. She also finished third in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:15.25. Durstein finished third in the 100 backstroke (1:01.62) and fifth in the 200 backstroke (2:16.47).
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.
Grove City won its sixth straight conference title by accumulating 991 team points at the four-day meet.