PITTSBURGH --- The Golden Eagle women's swimming & diving team finished off their final dual meet competitions before the conference championships on Saturday, competing against a pair of Division I programs in Duquesne and St. Bonaventure at the Dukes' Towers Pool.
 
Clarion fell to the Dukes by a score of 221-40, and to the Bonnies by a score of 209-52.
 
The meet started with the 400 Medley Relay, where the foursome of Zoey Beck, Hailey Fry, Hannah Greenway and Haley Miller finished fourth with a time of 4:09.43. Miller went on to a strong result in the 100 IM, placing sixth with a time of 1:04.97 that edged out Duquesne's Madeline Marks.
 
Clarion found some success in the 200 Free, with Michaela Hinkson leading a trio of Golden Eagles to come out ahead of the Dukes' Claudia Rzeznik. She touched the wall in 2:04.00, followed by Sarah Grimenstein and Allison McMurray. Similarly, Maria Wold (2:11.90), Joslyn Jurski (2:13.76) and Sydney Updegrave (2:19.86) all finished ahead of Regan Holstein in the 200 back.
 
Jordan Kutchak opened the individual events with a sixth-place finish in the 500 Free, finishing in a time of 5:44.34, and she later went on to a ninth-place finish in the 50 Free with a 25.64. Emma Dorsey took ninth in the 100 Fly with a time of 1:01.80 and later placed ninth in the 200 Breast, while Updegrave placed sixth in the 100 Breast with a mark of 1:16.14.