GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson men's and women's swim & dive teams fell to Grove City Saturday afternoon in the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool. The women dropped a 151-88 decision and the men fell by a 148-63 margin.

Amanda Graves (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) and Sydney Neumann (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) claimed the only first place finishes for the Presidents throughout the whole meet. Graves won the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.64) while Neumann picked up the 200-yard breaststroke (2:46.38). Additionally, Neumann swam to a second place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke clocking in a personal best of 1:14.39 while Graves claimed second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:19.85).

Andrew Ivory (Gibsonia, Pa./Mars) finished to three runner-up performances. Ivory touched second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.58), 500-yard freestyle (5:25.97), and the 200-yard individual medley (2:12.26). 

Colin Higinbotham (Denver, Pa./Cocalico) and Isabella Manzari (Venetia,Pa./Peters Township) both claimed second place finishes in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. Higinbotham clocked in a 21.98 and 51.69 while Manzari finished with a 27.52 and 1:02.80, respectively. 

Molly Nielsen (Erie,Pa./Harbor Creek) finished the afternoon with two individual second place finishes. Nielsen touched second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.10) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:48.15). 

Dean Kralic (Beaver Falls,Pa/Riverside) touched second in the 100-yard backstroke with his time of 1:00.10 and the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:10.59. 

Diver Taylor Weyrich (McMurray,Pa./Seton LaSalle) finished second in the 1-meter diving with a final score of 171.20. Teammate, Alexis Griner (Valrico,Fla./Bloomingdale) finished third with a score of 154.75. 

The W&J divers will head to Clarion, Pa. on Friday, Feb. 4 for the Clarion Diving Invitational. The swim team has a few weeks off before W&J will compete at the Presidents Athletic Conference that will be held Feb. 9-12 back at James E. Longnecker Competition Pool.