Marek Malopolski, Luci Plaxton Win Event Titles at PSAC Meet

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IUP freshman Marek Malopolski and junior Luci Plaxton both took first place finishes on the first full day of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference swim meet at West Chester.

Both the IUP men and women are in third place behind only perennial conference powers West Chester and Clarion.  The men have 90 points to trail West Chester (223) and Clarion (151).  The Indians are two points ahead of fourth place Shippensburg.

The women have a total of 197 points, with West Chester leading with 358 and Clarion posting 287. 

Malopolski (left), a two-time PSAC swimmer of the week this season, broke his own school record and had an NCAA A cut time of 1:52.57 in capturing the 200 individual medley.  Plaxton (below, right), a reigning All-America in the 50 free, touched first in the event with a time of 23.78, also good for an A cut.

In other men’s results, Bartosz Ostrowski was third in the 50 free, lowering his school record time to 21.01.  Hamilton Terrell broke a seven-year-old school mark in the 500 free, finishing seventh in 4:41.32 while also placing seventh in the 1000 free (9:48.72). 

The 400 medley relay team of Malopolski, Ostrowski, Jeremy Butler and James Reed was second in 3:28.16, another school record that had stood since 1997.  The 200 free relay squad of Malopolski, Ostrowski, Glenn Sutter and Alex Anderson was fourth (1:26.58).

Heidi Mitskavich scored high in both the 1000 free, finishing third in 10:30.95, and the 500 free, placing fifth in 5:12.79.  Her time in the 1000 broke her own school record.  Amanda Price was first in the consolation final of the 500 free and seventh overall with a time of 5:09.59.  Carlee Myers was seventh in the 200 IM (2:13.02), two spots ahead of Carissa Lewis (2:13.85).

IUP placed third in the 400 medley relay, with Plaxton, Myers, Price and Natasha Iacobucci registering a time of 3:59.18.  The 200 free relay team of Plaxton, Price, Clare Thomas and Daniella Campbell was fifth in 1:40.20.

Rounding out the scorers for the IUP women were Sarah Fengfish, who was 16th in the 1000 free (11:07.45) and 18th in the 500 free (5:25.17), Cari Heckert, who was 17th in the 200 IM (2:16.96) and Iacobucci, who was 18th in the 200 IM (2:17.87).