FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Zdancewicz Breaks School Record on Day One of PSACs
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YORK, Pa. –
Abigail Zdancewicz broke her own school record in the 1000 freestyle on the first day of competition at the PSAC Championship Meet.
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Zdancewicz originally broke the record in the 1000 freestyle earlier in the year at the Diamond City Invitational back in November. The sophomore reset her record earlier today with an 11:13.04 finish, 1.97 seconds faster than her previous time.
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Freshman
Amanda Ernst started off her first PSAC Meet with a new PR in the 50 freestyle. Ernst finished with a time of 25.63, just .09 seconds faster than Shippensburg's Devon Perugini. The freshman was just 1.45 seconds shy of breaking Nikki Noaeil's 18-year-old school record and just .6 seconds shy of breaking
Megan Becker's freshman record.
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Rounding out the day was the 200 medley relay team of
Hilary Feudale,
Connie Medura,
Alexis Cable, and
Candace Brown. The Mounties were able to edge rival Lock Haven by 1.31 seconds as they finished with a 1:55.38, just .51 seconds shy of breaking a 14-year-old school record.
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Mansfield takes to the pool again tomorrow at 10 a.m. as Ernst competes in the preliminaries of the 100 butterfly.