PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne swimming and diving team continued the 2019-20 campaign on Saturday afternoon with the swimming portion of the 2020 Western Pennsylvania Invitational hosted by Pitt at Trees Pool.
Cateri Christinis (Charleroi, Pa. / Oakland Catholic) paced the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:36.26 while
Summer Svitavsky (Willoughby, Ohio / Hawken) finished third in the event with a mark of 10:46.45.
Emma Menzer (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter) placed fourth for the Dukes in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in 5:05.84 while
Audrey Steen (San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro) added a fourth-place time of 57.99 in the 100-yard butterfly for Duquesne.
The Dukes' 400-yard freestyle relay team of
Carson Gross (York, Pa. / York Suburban),
Lauren Devorace (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River), Steen and
Hanna Everhart (Bloomsburg, Pa. / Bloomsburg Area) placed fourth in the event with a time of 3:38.19.
Duquesne's 200-yard medley relay squad of
Sydney Sherman (Erie, Pa. / Villa Maria Academy),
Madison Dickert (Media, Pa. / Penncrest),
Payton Rayko (Shelocta, Pa. / Indiana),
Hannah Thornton (Cochranville, Pa. / Avon Grove Charter) kicked off Saturday's meet with a fifth-place mark of 1:49.76 in the event.
Elise Mozeleski (Chantilly, Va. / Chantilly) (100-yard backstroke - 58.56) and
Emma Brinton (Landenberg, Pa. / Avon Grove) (400 IM - 4:34.14) each added fifth-place finishes for the Dukes in their respective events.
DUQUESNE TOP 10 FINISHES
200-yard medley relay
5.
Sydney Sherman,
Madison Dickert,
Payton Rayko,
Hannah Thornton (1:49.76)
6.
Audrey Steen,
Erin Kuhn,
Mara Voytek,
Hanna Everhart (1:49.84)
9.
Elise Mozeleski,
Brianna Ogonowski,
Meredith Easterling,
Meaghan Doyle (1:51.25)
10.
Katelyn Harkrader,
Emma Menzer,
Sophia Perez,
Mary Liz Flavin (1:51.38)
1000-yard freestyle
1.
Cateri Christinis (10:36.26)
3.
Summer Svitavsky (10:46.45)
200-yard freestyle
7.
Emma Menzer (1:56.11)
10.
Hannah Thornton (1:58.13)
100-yard backstroke
5.
Elise Mozeleski (58.56)
6.
Audrey Steen (59.18)
8.
Clare Flanagan (59.85)
9.
Lauren Devorace (1:00.79)
100-yard breaststroke
9.
Madison Dickert (1:10.00)
10.
Carson Gross (1:10.14)
200-yard butterfly
7.
Payton Rayko (2:09.72)
8.
Hanna Everhart (2:14.09)
50-yard freestyle
6.
Hannah Thornton (24.93)
100-yard freestyle
6.
Lauren Devorace (53.45)
7.
Mary Liz Flavin (53.76)
8.
Hannah Thornton (54.02)
10.
Meaghan Doyle (54.26)
200-yard backstroke
8.
Sophia Perez (2:08.09)
10.
Clare Flanagan (2:11.95)
200-yard breaststroke
7.
Emma Brinton (2:29.26)
8.
Carson Gross (2:30.84)
9.
Madelyn Hoying (2:31.13)
10.
Mara Voytek (2:31.95)
500-yard freestyle
4.
Emma Menzer (5:05.84)
100-yard butterfly
4.
Audrey Steen (57.99)
6.
Payton Rayko (58.59)
400-yard IM
5.
Emma Brinton (4:34.14)
8.
Meaghan Doyle (4:44.13)
400-yard freestyle relay
4.
Carson Gross,
Lauren Devorace,
Audrey Steen,
Hanna Everhart (3:38.19)
6.
Mary Liz Flavin,
Katelyn Harkrader,
Mara Voytek,
Sydney Sherman (3:40.62)
SCORES
Duquesne 231, Clarion 34
Duquesne 228, California (Pa.) 39
Duquesne 201, Carnegie Mellon 95
Duquesne 191, Saint Francis U 94
Pitt 238, Duquesne 55
NEXT UP
The Dukes travel to Buffalo, N.Y. to take on the host Bulls and Akron in a tri-meet at the Alumni Arena: Pool and Natatorium on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m.
Buffalo is coming off a 192-108 win over Mid-American Conference (MAC) foe Toledo on Saturday while the Zips competed at Notre Dame's Shamrock Invite over the weekend.
