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Kalsbeek Picks Up Two Individual Wins in Close Women’s Swimming Loss to Arcadia

Pride win five first races in long meet format

1/20/2024 7:55:00 PM

GLENSIDE, Pa. – Widener Women's Swimming close out travel meets with a tough defeat against Arcadia.
 
The 149-113 loss puts the Pride at 5-3 in the regular season and 2-2 in MAC standings.
 
Jenna Angelucci got things started for the Pride with a win in the 1000-yard free. Angelucci would clock a 11:59.73.
 
Sally Meyers and Olivia Giambalvo took a 2-3 finish in the 200-yard free. Meyers would just miss first with her 2:02.99 while Giambalvo out touched for third in a 2:09.35.
 
Meyers picked up her first individual win in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:23.32 to win by nearly five seconds.
 
In the 50-yard free, Lauren Kalsbeek snuck into first with a 25.88.
 
After the first break, Sophia Sapnas led a 2-3 finish with first year Caroline Anderson. Sapnas' 2:24.67 in the 200-yard back was followed with Anderson's 2:25.39.
 
The distance crew of Kalsbeek and Angelucci took a 1-2 win in the 500-yard free. Kalsbeek's second win of the day came on a 5:33.74. Angelucci held off a Knights' swimmer with a 5:51.21.
 
Meyers snagged her second win in the 100-yard butterfly as Mary Sanders followed her for a second. Meyers took first in a 1:03.27 while Sanders finished a second later in 1:04.96.
 
A 2-3-4 in the 200-yard individual medley would close the individual racing for the Pride as Kalsbeek, Anna Durboraw, and Shea Rane looked for final points. Kalsbeek just missed first with her 2:19.45. Durboraw hit in a 2:32.38 while Rane registered a 2:34.79.
 
The quad of Meyers, Olivia Downs, Giambalvo, and Kalsbeek end the day racing with a 3:54.86 and a second in the 400-yard free relay.
 
UP NEXT
Widener returns to the pool for the final time this regular season on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Pride will host Misericordia and Ramapo in a tri-meet with a 1 p.m. first splash and will honor their senior class pre-meet.
 
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