YORK, Pa. --- Joslyn Jurski broke her own school record and won her first career conference championship in the process, highlighting an exciting first day for the Golden Eagles women's swimming & diving team at the 2025 PSAC Swimming Championships.
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Clarion sits in third place after the first night of the event with a score of 195.
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Jurski entered Monday night's finals as the top seed in the 1000 Free, logging a time of 10:23.62 at the Zippy Invitational in December of this season. She blew by that mark as well as her own previous school record of 10:16.91 set at last year's PSAC Championships, touching the wall first in a time of 10:11.90. That was nearly seven full seconds ahead of West Chester's Danielle Stewart, who placed second in the field. Jurski previously placed third in the event in 2023.
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The conference championship is the first for a Golden Eagle woman since 2021. Ava Arnold was the last Clarion woman to win an event at the PSAC Championships, winning the 200 Back that year.
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The 800 Free Relay had an outstanding performance in the final event of the night, placing second in the field with a time of 7:39.07.
Madelynn McTeer led off the race for the Golden Eagles, followed by
Amanda Fetsko,
Jordan Kutchak and Jurski. Fetsko had a huge second leg of the race, swimming a 200 split of 1:52.03, while Jurski swam a 1:51.07 as the anchor leg.
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Hannah Greenway just narrowly missed out on earning All-PSAC honors on Monday but had the other major individual highlight of the evening. The senior sprinter took fifth place in the 50 Free finals, touching the wall in a time of 23.49. McTeer,
Haley Miller and Fetsko made up a trio of swimmers in the B final with McTeer taking fifth in that heat and 13
th overall at 24.26. Miller was just one-hundredth of a second behind her at 24.27, and Fetsko took 16
th overall with a time of 24.54.
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In the 200 IM,
Rachael Hess had the top finish for the Golden Eagles, taking fourth in the B final and 12
th overall with a time of 2:10.13.
Sarah Grimenstein was two spots behind her, taking 14
th with a time of 2:10.83.
Eva Molenaar rounded out the scoring by taking 18
th in a time of 2:12.36.
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