IUP Threesome Earn All-America Honors on Final Day on NCAA Meet

Complete Results

Junior Luci Plaxton and freshmen Marek Malopolski and Bartosz Ostrowski each earned All-America honors and set new school records in final day competition at the NCAA Division II meet in Orlando.

Plaxton was the national runner-up in the 100 freestyle, touching in a time of 50.89 to lower her own school mark by almost a full half second. 

It is the second straight year that Plaxton has taken home a second place finish after accomplishing the feat in the 100 backstroke last March.

Malopolski finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:02.90, more than two seconds faster than his previous season best.  Ostrowski was the fifth place finisher in the 100 freestyle with a record mark of 45.15.

Heidi Mitskavich competed in the 1650 freestyle and was 14th with a time of 17:39.79.

In the final team standings, the IUP women were 17th with 45 points while the men were 18th with 53.5 points, just 0.5 behind Fairmont State.