COLUMBUS, Ohio – Duquesne swimming and diving competed at the Ohio State Winter Invite this weekend, tallying six new personal-bests. The five swimmers that competed were junior Alyssa Schonbachler, senior Elise Mozeleski, junior Regan Holstein, senior Emily Pye and graduate student Lauryn Ober. 

FRIDAY
500 Free
Holstein finished the 500 free prelims with a time of 5 minutes and 24.26 seconds then followed that up with a time of 24.28 in the 500 free B-final, which was good for third-place.

200 IM
Pye finished the 200 IM prelims in 2:12.42 then placed fourth in the 200 IM B-final with a time of 2:12.85.

50 Free
Ober and Mozeleski finished back-to-back in the 50 free prelims with times of 25.45 and 25.54, respectively. Ober's time was a personal-best until she broke it in her very next race, the 50 free C-final, with a time of 25.42, which was good for fourth place in that event.

Schonbachler swam to a seventh-place finish in the 50 free C-final with a time of 25.65, which was a personal-best for her.

SATURDAY
100 Breast
Ober and Pye finished back-to-back in the 100 breast prelims, completing the event in 1:06.49 and 1:07.52.
In the finals, Ober finished seventh with a time of 1:05.52 while Pye finished ninth with a time of 1:07.87. Ober's time was a new personal-record.

100 Back
In the 100 back prelims, Mozeleski raced to a 57.32 finish while Holstein finished in 59.19 and Schonbachler completed in 59.75.
In the B-finals, Mozeleski finished in 57.64, which placed her second. Holstein finished fifth in the B-finals with a time of 58.73 and Schonbachler was right behind her in sixth with a time of 59.18, which was a new personal-best.

SUNDAY
200 Back
Elise Mozeleski finished seventh in the championship heat with a time of 2:03.42. Holstein finished right behind her in eighth with a new personal-best of 2:03.69. Schonbachler won the consolation heat with a new personal-best of 2:06.76.

200 Breast Prelims
Ober came in fifth in the 200 breast prelims with a time of 2:23.90. Pye placed seventh, finishing in 2:26.01.

Ober and Pye finished fifth and sixth in the 200 breast finals with times of 2:22.66 and 2:23.78, respectively.