The Gannon University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Indiana, Pa., and Bloomsburg at the Pigeon Memorial Invitational in Indiana, Pa.
The men lost to IUP, 283-103, and also Bloomsburg, 266-99. The women’s team fell to IUP and Bloomsburg, 222-154 and 248-121, respectively.
On Friday, sophomore Trevor Durnwald and junior Drew Wolter had PSAC qualifying times for the men’s team. Durnwald posted a time of 5 minutes, 3.50 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle, and Wolter swam 2:30.75 in the 200 IM.
On Saturday, Wolter swam for another PSAC qualifying time in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:17.19. Sophomore Noah Donovan swam his third PSAC qualifying time in the 100 butterfly, finishing in 53.62.
Senior Denny Fedorchenko swam to a first-place finish and his first PSAC qualifying time in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43. Freshman Allan Collins placed third in the 200 backstroke, posting a PSAC qualifying time of 1:58.41.
The women’s team had a pair of PSAC qualifying times to wrap up the first day. Senior Madeline Summers swam the 200 IM in 2:17.34 and senior Emily Nottingham posted a .24.92 time in the 50 freestyle.
Summers qualified for Saturday.
She swam the 100 backstroke in 1:02.25 and the 100 freestyle in .54.65.
The women’s 200 medley relay team took third with a time of 1:53.92. Junior Abby Wu also took third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:02.49; only six milliseconds shy of a PSAC qualifying time.
Senior Morgan Lydic swam the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.71 and took home fourth.
The men’s and women’s teams dive back into action on Feb. 18-21 in York for the PSAC Championships.

BRANDON JACES
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