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Rachel Halapchuck took home three wins vs. Wilmington

John Carroll Women Put The Wraps On Fourth Consecutive Undefeated Run Through The OAC

Rachel Halapchuck took home three wins vs. Wilmington
On October 31, 2015, the John Carroll women's swimming & diving team lost by a 152-147 score on the road at Ohio Northern.

The Blue Streaks have not lost a conference dual meet since.

On Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, Ohio, John Carroll put the wraps on a fourth consecutive undefeated run through the conference and extended its league dual meet winning streak to 19 in a row with a 171-87 victory over the host Wilmington College Quakers.

Results

It was a clean sweep that started the day for the Blue and Gold, as the "A", "B" and "C" relays at the 200-meter medley distance occupied the top three spots. Tori Vale, Gwyn Ledrick, Rachel Halapchuck and Maddie Dolce won the race in 2:09.50, followed by Spenser Kale, Shelbi Sherarer, Gwyn Hamilto and Maddie Panus in 2;13.36. The Third relay of Sydney Schuler, Ashley Lynch, Monice McKie and Felice Ferrante touched the wall in 2:17.19, ahead of the Wilmington "A" quartet that finished in 2:20.70.

JCU failed to finish in first place in just two races today, as the Blue Streaks piled up victories throughout the afternoon.

In the 800-meter free, Paige Wnek continued her strong second semester by winning for the second time in three weeks. The junior covered the distance in 10:17.97, while teammate Kyleah Gaydos was second in 10:30.69.

In the 50-meter back. Kale (32.98), Panus (33.64) and Ferrante (34.24) made it a 1-2-3 sweep.

Also engineering a 1-2-3 sweep was the trio of Halapchuck (1:11.31), Ynyra Bohan (1:11.47) and Hamilton (1:14.43) in the 100-meter fly.

Ledrick won the 50 Breast (35.66), as did Panus in the 50 Free (29.03) and Halapchuck (1:11.25) in the 100 Back.

Dolce, in her final regular season dual meet, took home a victory in the 100 Free (1:04.07), with teammate McKie (1:05.40) claiming runner-up honors.

Closing out the day were wins by Shearer in the 100-meter breast (1;20.60), Lauren Spencer in the 400-meter free (4:59.53) and McKie in the 50 Fly (30.16).

In the final relay, the 200-meter free, the foursome of Lynch, Panus, Emily Yoos and Ledrick won in a time of 1:56.20.

John Carroll concludes its regular season with a record of 5-2 overall and 4-0 in the OAC.

 
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