MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania, February 23. LED by seven first-place finishes, including five victories in all five women's events, West Chester finds itself in first-place in both the men's and women's standings after day two of the 2007 PSAC Championships being held at Cumberland Valley High School Natatorium.<\/p>\n
The West Chester women currently have 279 points, followed by defending champion Clarion with 148 points. Indiana (Pa.), Shippensburg and Bloomsburg round out the top-five.<\/p>\n
The defending champion Golden Ram men currently have 269 points, 32 ahead of second-place Clarion. Shippensburg is in third with Kutztown and Edinboro in fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n
Senior Kathrin Dumitru (Kunzell, Germany) and freshman Jackie Borkowski (Norristown\/Methacton) of West Chester turned in the top women's performances on Friday evening, each winning individual events while teaming up as part of the Golden Rams' 200-yard freestyle relay team that took first in a season-best time of 1:37.50.<\/p>\n
Dumitru posted an NCAA "A" cut time of 2:04.89 to win the 200-yard IM while Borkowski took first in the 50-yard freestyle with a mark of 24.05 seconds, also good enough for an NCAA "A" cut time.<\/p>\n
Other champions for West Chester on Friday night included sophomore Katie Brosseau (Rogersville, Mo.\/Logan-Rogersville) who captured her second title in as many nights by taking first in the 500-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n
Dumitru was also a member of the Golden Rams' 400-yard medley relay team that placed first after posting an NCAA "A" cut time of 3:53.62.<\/p>\n
The Clarion women were able to overtake Indiana (Pa.) for second-place on Friday after scoring 125 points, 34 of which came from the Golden Eagles' 200 free relay team that placed second, just 0.33 seconds off West Chester's winning pace.<\/p>\n
On the men's side, West Chester and Clarion each picked up two victories in the five contested events with the Golden Rams earning championships in the 200-yard IM and 400-yard medley relay. The Golden Eagles took home first in the 200 free relay and 50 free.<\/p>\n
West Chester junior Bart Ostrowski (Poland\/SMS) won the 200 IM in 1:53.80, nearly five seconds faster than his previous season-best and 0.30 seconds ahead of Pawel Glowiak of Indiana (Pa.).<\/p>\n
In the 50 free, Clarion senior Adley Kilgore (Airville\/Red Lion) posted one of two NCAA "A" cut times in the event to capture his second title in the last three years with a mark of 20.60 seconds. West Chester freshman Brendan Fanslau (Landsdale\/North Penn) also posted an NCAA "A" cut with a time of 20.85 seconds.<\/p>\n
Kilgore was also a member of the Golden Eagles' 200-yard freestyle relay team that posted a new PSAC championship meet record of 1:22.51 to finish first ahead of West Chester who finished in 1:23.11. Both marks were NCAA "A" cut times.<\/p>\n
The only other winner on Friday was Shippensburg senior Mike Owen (Carlisle\/Big Spring) who captured his second-straight 500-yard freestyle championship in a time of 4:35.31. He was the only swimmer in the championship final that was not from West Chester or Clarion.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Owen also won his second consecutive 1,000 free title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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