IUP Women's Swim Team Wins Opener at West Virginia Wesleyan, Men Fall to Bobcats

IUP Results

The IUP men's and women's swim teams opened their 2006-07 season Saturday at West Virginia Wesleyan, with the women winning by a score of 126-4 and the men taking a narrow 98-93 loss.

Heidi Mitskavich and Kate Rowe both won a pair of individual events for the women while Martin Zackowski was a double event winner for the men.

Mitskavich finished first in the 500 free (5:27.35) and 100 free (11:00.06) while Rowe was the winner in the 200 free (1:59.94) and 100 breast (1:09.42).

Zackowski touched first in the 500 free (5:23.08) and 1000 free (11:06.52).

Other event winners for the women were Abbey Doran in the 50 free (24.64), Carlee Myers in the 100 fly (1:01.12), Galit Regev in the 100 free (55.69) and Casey Beck in the 100 back (1:03.58).

The women's 200 medley relay team of Beck, Myers, Doran and Tara Pitts won in 1:53.99 as did the 200 free relay squad of Beck, Myers, Melissa Kucharczuk and Brittany Watkins in 1:45.55.

The men's 200 free relay team of Zackowski, Mike Gregg, Nick Logenbach and Brendon Hiscock won in 1:26.50.

IUP will travel to Ashland, Ohio, next Saturday for a meet against Ashland and Edinboro.