Both IUP swim teams finished off team victories at the IUP Invitational which concluded on Sunday at Memorial Field House.

The women had a three-day point total of 1,141.5 to defeat California (870.5), Slippery Rock (479), Mansfield (382) and West Virginia Wesleyan (260).  The men’s total of 712 points bested West Virginia Wesleyan (436).

IUP won five of six women’s events on the final day of the meet, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 free.  Galit Regev won that race with a time of 54.83, followed by Abbey Doran (55.43) and Carlee Myers (55.62).

Kate Rowe won her fifth individual event, taking first in the 200 breast (2:28.61).  Other winners on Sunday included Myers in the 200 fly (2:13.22) and Heidi Mitskavich in the 1650 free (18:15.32).  Casey Beck was third in the 200 back (2:13.48).  Regev, Rowe, Doran and Myers teamed to win the 400 free relay in 3:44.24.

Pawel Glowiak led four IUP event champions, taking the 200 back in 2:05.87.  Glowiak won the 50 free and 100 back earlier in the meet and had NCAA B cuts in those two events.

James Reed won the 200 fly (2:00.76), Baron Leonard took the 200 breast (2:32.74) and Eric Schepner was victorious in the 1650 free (18:18.42), followed in second by Martin Zackowski (18:42.72).

IUP swimmers will compete next at the U.S. Open Meet November 30-December 1 at West Lafayette, Ind.

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