Gettysburg Dominates 2020 Opener

Talia Moss with hands on hips prior to her race.
Talia Moss with hands on hips prior to her race.

The Gettysburg College women’s swimming team won all 14 events and improved to 7-0 this season with a 204-58 non-conference win over Catholic University Sunday in the Bullets Pool.
 
Gettysburg’s Top Performers

  • Kate Crilly ’20 (Shrewsbury, N.J./Ranney School)

    • 50 Free – 1st (25.50)
    • 100 Free – 1st (54.83)
    • 200 Medley Relay – 1st (1:52.34)
    • 200 Free Relay – 1st (1:42.85)
  • Talia Moss ’23 (Toronto, Ontario/Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute)

    • 100 Breast – 1st (1:08.69)
    • 200 Breast – 1st (2:29.50)
    • 200 IM – 1st (2:16.64)
    • 200 Medley Relay – 1st (1:52.34)
  • Hannah Wasson ’23 (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)

    • 100 Back – 1st (1:01.79)
    • 100 Fly – 1st (1:01.37)
    • 200 Medley Relay – 1st (1:52.34)
    • 200 Free Relay – 2nd (1:45.66)
  • Megan Wojnar ’22 (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan)

    • 200 Free – 1st (2:00.60)
    • 200 Back – 1st (2:12.84)
    • 200 IM – 2nd (2:17.69)
    • 200 Medley Relay – 4th (1:59.64)

 
Meet Highlights

  • Gettysburg set the tone with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay. The top team of Wasson, Moss, freshman Elissa Clancy (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield), and Crilly sped to the wall in 1:52.34.
  • Last year’s top distance freestyler Katherine Sears (Glenmoore, Pa./Downingtown East) squared off with this year’s long-distance leader Manning in the 1,000 free. Sears showed no signs of rust after returning from her study abroad trip to Australia, keeping pace until the first-year pulled away over the final 200 yards for the win. Manning finished in 11:04.75 with Sears touching the wall in 11:12.39. Sears scored her first win of the season in the 500 free (5:29.47) later in the meet, while Manning added a runner-up showing in the 200 back (2:16.06).
  • Wojnar scored the first of her two individual wins by leading a 1-2-3 finish by the Bullets in the 200 free. Her time of 2:00.60 was 2.18 seconds faster than freshman Grace Bobeck (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury). Wojnar added her second win in the 200 back with a mark of 2:12.84.
  • Moss started her hat trick with a win over sophomore Katie Cooper (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.69). The two dueled again as part of a 1-4 finish by Gettysburg in the 200 breast, with Moss turning in a three-second win at 2:29.50. The first-year closed her day by overtaking Wojnar in the breaststroke portion of the 200 IM and holding on for a win with a time of 2:16.64.
  • Crilly tacked on back-to-back wins in the 50 and 100 free races. She cruised to a win in the 50 in 25.50 and following a short break in the meet, bested the field in the 100 with a time of 54.83. The senior capped the day by swimming the lead leg of the winning 200 free relay (1:42.85) alongside sophomore Cate Kosko (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East), Cooper, and freshman Sarah Fravel (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove).
  • Clancy led a 1-2-3 finish by the Bullets in the 200 fly, holding off fellow first-year Annabel Gorman (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) down the stretch with a time of 2:16.35.

 
Coach Speak
“I’m really happy with the way we performed today. We were pretty hard on them in training last week and the team’s attitude and energy was great today.” – Head Coach Greg Brown
 
Where the Series Stands Now
This was the first-ever meeting between Gettysburg and Catholic in women’s swimming.
 
Next Up
Gettysburg visits the University of Mary Washington for a non-conference dual on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Sports Website.