CLARION, Pa. — Highlighting their evening with multiple individual event wins and strong depth across the sprint disciplines, the Clarion women's swimming and diving team dropped a 166.5–133.5 decision to IUP on Friday at Tippin Natatorium.

Sophomore Elli Knausz highlighted the Golden Eagles' night in the swim events with an individual title in the 200 Breast. Knausz pulled away from the pack to hit the wall in 2:30.03, winning by nearly three full seconds. Gianna Laurenti claimed fourth in 2:34.21, and Tori Tieppo took fifth in 2:34.40. Knausz also secured a pair of runner-up finishes, touching second in the 200 Fly (2:11.92) and second in the 200 IM (2:13.71).

Sophomore Raely Fajohn delivered an individual victory in the 50 Free, sprint-touching the pad in 25.06 seconds to lead a 1–2 Clarion sweep. Senior Amanda Fetsko finished right behind in second place with a time of 25.33, while Gina DiNapoli tied for fifth in 25.88. Fetsko and Fajohn also led the Golden Eagles in the 100 Free, placing third (54.73) and fourth (54.79), respectively, with Sarah Grimenstein finishing fifth in 55.04.

Grimenstein earned an individual gold in the 200 Free, clocking a winning time of 1:58.31. Emma Bowman placed fifth in 2:03.42, and Amelia Romano touched sixth in 2:04.69. Grimenstein also took third place in the 200 IM (2:15.52), while Tieppo placed sixth (2:21.61).

In the butterfly races, Rachael Hess took second in the 100 Fly with a time of 59.89 seconds, followed closely by DiNapoli in third (59.90) and Eva Molenaar in fourth (1:00.54). Bowman added a third-place swim in the 200 Fly (2:16.86), while Hess placed fourth (2:19.79).

Sophomore Reese Charney spearheaded the backstroke events with a pair of second-place finishes. Charney took second in the 100 Back in 1:00.93, with Caitlyn Brennan finishing fourth in 1:02.69 and Elli Patterson sixth in 1:06.01. Charney repeated her runner-up finish in the 200 Back with a time of 2:14.40, while Brennan took fourth (2:17.50) and Patterson sixth (2:24.59).

Molenaar led Clarion in the 100 Breast with a third-place time of 1:09.85, followed by Laurenti in fourth (1:10.29) and Tieppo in fifth (1:11.13). In distance freestyle, freshman Carly Timme finished third in the 500 Free (5:26.63) and fourth in the 1000 Free (11:17.12). Romano added a fifth-place showing in the 500 Free (5:38.57), and Lily Linscheid took fifth in the 1000 Free (11:36.77).

Clarion closed the competition with runner-up finishes in both relays. In the meet-opening 200 Medley Relay, Charney, Laurenti, Bowman, and Knausz touched second in 1:51.36, while the 'A' squad of Fajohn, Molenaar, Hess, and Fetsko placed third in 1:52.00. In the 200 Free Relay, Fajohn, Fetsko, Bowman, and Grimenstein combined for second place in 1:40.41, with the 'B' team of Hess, DiNapoli, Timme, and Charney finishing fourth in 1:42.78.

Clarion's divers dominated both boards, sweeping the top three positions in the 1-meter and 3-meter events to haul in maximum points. On the 1-meter board, Alex Bromley captured the individual crown with a winning total of 279.53 points, edging teammate Taelyn Thomas (279.30) by just twenty-three hundredths of a point. Colleen Hudson secured third place with 268.13 points. Thomas returned to lead the podium sweep on the 3-meter board, capturing first place with a mark of 324.30. Hudson finished second with 323.25 points, and Bromley rounded out the sweep in third at 289.20.