YORK, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles women's swimming & diving team hit the halfway point of the 2026 PSAC Swimming Championships on Thursday, with three All-PSAC performances in the pool highlighting the second day of action.
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Through Event 18, the Golden Eagles sit in third place with 497.5 points.
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Elli Knausz earned All-PSAC status in the 400 IM, taking third overall in the field by edging out West Chester's Anna Evans in a tight race. Knausz took third place with a time of 4:30.53, less than a third of a second ahead of Evans' time of 4:30.80.
Eva Molenaar won the C final of the event with a time of 4:41.22, giving her 17
th overall.
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The 200 Free Relay team of
Erika Zimmerman, Raely Fajohn,
Amanda Fetsko and
Madelynn McTeer kicked off the Thursday finals with a third place finish in the 200 Free Relay. The quartet finished in a time of 1:35.40, putting them less than a second behind Bloomsburg's second-place group at 1:34.65.
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Rounding out the all-conference performers on Thursday was
Joslyn Jurski, who shaved near half a second off her morning prelim time to take third in the 200 Free. Jurski touched the wall in a time of 1:52.03 to take third overall and earn All-PSAC accolades. Fetsko took fourth in the B final and 12
th overall with a time of 1:55.88, while McTeer was just two spots behind her at 1:56.88. Zimmerman (19
th – 1:57.28) and Fajohn (21
st – 1:57.34) also scored in the event.
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The first individual A final of the night featured sophomore
Rachael Hess, who took fourth in the 100 Fly with a time of 56.79. She came in just .08 seconds shy of an all-conference performance, just behind IUP's Katie Crosscut's third place.
Zoey Beck won the B final of the event with a time of 57.70, putting her in ninth overall, while
Rachel Carapella (13
th – 58.64),
Gina DiNapoli (14
th – 58.89) and
Caitlyn Brennan (16
th – 59.36) showcased the Golden Eagles' depth in the event.
Reese Charney rounded out the scoring in the 100 Fly with a time of 58.59, putting her second in the C final and 18
th overall.
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Closing out the night for Clarion was the 400 Medley Relay team, which took fourth place. Beck, Knausz, Hess and Fetsko touched the wall in 3:53.80.
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