GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College swimming & diving teams concluded day two of the Presidents' Athletic Conference swimming & diving championships, hosted by Grove City College. The men remained in second place while the women elevated to sixth.
The W&J men were headlined by freshman diver
Zach Lloyd (Dillsburg, Pa./Lloyd Academy (Homeschooled)). Lloyd finished the second day of the conference championships with a NCAA regionally qualifying score of 452.10, which crowned him as the 2024-25 PAC 1-Meter Diving Champion. Fellow diver
Brian Lowry (Wenonah, N.J./Gloucester County Institute of Technology) finished fourth in the 1-meter dive with a total score of 225.95.
The unit of
Ethan Glessner (McKeesport, Pa./Elizabeth Forward),
Logan Marks (West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin),
March Yuan (Simi Valley, Calif./Oak Park), and
Aiden Marks (West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin) swam their way to a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:31.84.
Yuan swam his way to a top finish in the 200-yard IM. The freshman swimmer finished fifth in the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.62.
Aiden Marks headed the men's sprinters in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.96 to place seventh.
Brody Souder (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) led a grouping of four total Presidents in the 500-yard freestyle with a ninth-place finish with a time of 4:57.46.
Luna Balzano (El Portal, Fla./Broward Virtual School) highlighted the W&J women with a career showing in the sprint freestyle. Balzano raced to a lifetime best time of 24.74 in the 50-yard freestyle prelims while notching a 24.91 mark in the A-finals to finish third.
Morgan Baughman (West Newton, Pa./Mount Pleasant) followed closely behind with a 12
th-place finish and mark of 26.02.
The team of
Sophia Garrett (Cincinnati, Ohio/Saint Ursula Academy),
Maddie Malone (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello), Balzano and Baughman raced to a second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 4:12.39.
Taylor Newton (Olyphant, Pa./Scranton Prep) took a 10
th-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a lifetime best time of 5:38.68 in the preliminary heat. In the finals, Newton posted a time of 5:39.23 in the B-final.
Malone also posted a career performance on the second night of the conference championships. In the 200-yard IM, Malone raced to a lifetime best time of 2:23.61 to take 11
th.
W&J returns to James E. Longnecker Competition Pool for the third day of the PAC Championships, Friday (Feb. 21). Preliminary events are scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m.
Top Finishers in Other Events
Men
50-yard freestyle –
Aiden Filer (13
th) – 22.52
200-yard IM –
Logan Marks (10
th) – 2:02.44
500-yard freestyle –
Aidan Miller (10
th) – 5:04.65
400-yard medley relay –
Will Angus,
Nathaniel Harden,
Micah Lohr and
Brian Lowry (10th) – 3:40.69
Women
200-yard IM -
Sophia Garrett (18
th) – 2:28.63
500-yard freestyle –
Addie Both (24
th) – 6:17.14
200-yard medley relay –
Audrey Kough,
Addie Both,
Taylor Newton,
Sophie Talamonti (12th) – 2:09.69
