The IUP swim teams defeated West Virginia Wesleyan as the men (1-3) earned their first win this season and the women improved to 4-1.

Abbey Doran, Pawel Glowiak and Jeff Gavin each took three events as the men won 130.5 - 69.5 and the women won 112.5 - 36.5. Winning two events each for the Crimson Hawks were Casey Beck, Dennis Collins, Dylan Mudlo, Jordan Myers and Brittany Watkins.

Doran took the 50 freestyle (24.55) and combined with Beck, Watkins and Kate Rowe to win the 200 medley relay (1:54.37).  The 200 freestyle relay of Doran, Watkins, Jen Price and Melissa Kucharczuk also placed first (1:43.21).

Beck also won the 200 backstroke (2:16.36) and Myers won the 200 butterfly (2:16.61) and 200 IM (2:17.69).  Other winners for the women were Bethany Johnston in the 200 freestyle (2:03.52), Galit Regev in the 100 freestyle (54.70) and Kate Rowe in the 200 breastroke (2:28.49).

For the men, Glowiak took first in the 200 IM (1:59.12) and the 200 backstroke (1:58.65) and Jeff Gavin won the 1000 freestyle (10:28.26) and the 500 freestyle (5:02.91). Glowiak and Gavin also teamed with Jason Mohring and Dylan Mudlo to win the 200 medley relay (1:41.76).

Also winning events for the men were Dennis Collins in the 200 freestyle (1:47.70) and the 100 freestyle (49.42), and Dylan Mudlo in the 200 butterfly (2:04.57).

IUP will host the Crimson Hawk swimming invitational this Thursday through Saturday at the Memorial Field House.

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