WEBSTER, N.Y. -- The Grove City College women's swimming and diving team opened the 2026-27 season Friday evening by taking second out out of four teams at the Webster (N.Y.) Fall Classic, held at Webster Thomas High School. The Wolverines finished with 1,197 points. Geneseo State won the meet with 1,276 points. Nazareth finished with 594 points and Penn State Behrend accrued 480 points. 

Sophomore Chaeli Keenan (New Alexandria, Pa./Derry) helped lead Grove City by winning 3-meter diving with a total of 263.50 points. She also finished runner-up on the 1-meter board with a score of 235.00 points.

Grove City took second in both relay events. The quartet of sophomore Mikayla Little (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport), freshman Margaret Bandstra (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg), sophomore Mollie Massella (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) and sophomore Abby Tweed (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) opened the meet by finishing second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1 minute, 52.47 seconds. 

Little, freshman Claire Pecora (Columbia, Md./Hammond), senior Ashley Rauhauser (York, Pa./Homeschooled) and sophomore Mary Anne Altman (Sarver, Pa./Freeport) closed the meet with a runner-up time of 1:42.74 in the 200 free relay. 

Altman took second in the 50 free (25.75) while Tweed took second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.51. Massella earned second in the 200 butterfly (2:14.45) while Bandstra finished second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.48.

Sophomore Abigail Vance (Butler, Pa./Butler) took second in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.37). She also took third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.16 and third in the 200 individual medley (2:16.36). Sophomore Addison Vance (Butler, Pa./Butler) recorded third-place finishes in the 100 (1:01.87) 200 butterfly (2:18.02) races. 

Pecora took third in the 50 free with a time of 25.79 seconds, then added a third-place finish in the 100 free (55.93). Bandstra touched third in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.91) while Rauhauser captured third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.94. 

Junior Freja Kile (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) placed third in the 500 with a time of 5:33.48. Sophomore Cora Plank (Slippery Rock, Pa./Portersville Christian) finished third in the 1000 with a time of 11:36.62. 

The Wolverines will open their dual meet schedule next Saturday with a 4 p.m. non-conference matchup at John Carroll.