COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — After missing the first half of the season because of an arm injury, freshman Cassie Mulhollem of Clearfield made an auspicious debut for the Franklin & Marshall College women\’s swimming team Friday by winning the 50-yard freestyle race in the Diplomats\’ 135-65 victory over Ursinus.
Mulhollem touched the wall in 26.35 seconds in her lone individual event and also swam the anchor leg for the Franklin & Marshall \”B\’ 200 medley relay foursome that finished second.
The Diplomats are 4-2 in the conference and 6-2-1 overall. Ursinus is 4-5, 1-4.
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CLARION — Two Clearfield Area High School graduates, seniors Stacy Ogden and Kaymee Kelly, were pointgetters for the Clarion University women\’s swimming team that closed out its home dual meet season with a weekend split, beating Allegheny 142-96 Friday and losing to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival Edinboro 114-86 Saturday.
Against Allegheny, Ogden finished third in the 200-yard freestyle while Kelly was fifth in the 100 free and also led off for the Golden Eagles\’ second-place \’C\’ 400 medley relay foursome.
Against Edinboro, Ogden led off with a :30.12 split for the victorious 200 medley relay quartet and was second in the 100 backstroke, while Kelly placed fourth in the 100 back.
Clarion is 7-3.
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. — In a duel between undefeated Top 20 men\’s swimming teams Saturday, freshman John Lytle of Clearfield placed in four races for No. 16 Notre Dame, but No. 8 Northwestern won 13 of the 16 events to hand the Fighting Irish their first loss 167-131.
Lytle finished second in the 100-yard freestyle and third in the 50 free and picked up two seconds on relay quartets. He anchored the 400 medley team and led off for the 400 freestyle foursome.
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WASHINGTON, Pa. — Clearfield Area High School graduates Nathan Taylor and Ryan Sayers recorded third-place finishes as the Washington & Jefferson men\’s swimming team climbed back over .500 with a 110-82 win oveer Oberlin (Ohio) Friday.
Taylor, a freshman, placed in the 200-yard butterfly, while Sayers, a sophomore from Frencvhille, placed in three-meter diving. Both patricipated in other events as exhibition entries because the Presidents already had clinched their sixth victory.
