YORK, Pa. – Sophomore Tyla Block shows time dropping swims at MAC Championships to lead Widener women's swimming to fifth place finish.
 
The Pride swam to 766.5 points and placed 5^th out of 11 teams.

DAY 1 – THURSDAY (176 Total Points | 5^th Place)

• Olivia Giambalvo got things going for the Pride in the A Final of the 500-yard free. Giambalvo would touch in a 5:26.62.
• Tyla Block opened her meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley as she touched in a 2:19.71. Caileigh Foveaux took to the pool in the B Final also with a 2:25.18.
• The C-Final wrapped up with two more Pride swimmers as Kaitlyn Fahy touched in a 2:25.30 and Bella Fanelli had her first collegiate final with a time of 2:26.83.
• Megan Shallow took seventh in the 50-yard free A Final with a 25.04, dropping 0.14. Hailey Webster swam to a 25.94 in the B Final and Caroline Anderson hit in a 26.40 in the C Final.
• Day one wrapped up with Anderson, Webster, Emily Thompson, and Shallow taking fifth in the 200-yard medley relay. The quad showed a 1:54.19 final time.

DAY 2 – FRIDAY (354 Total Points | 5^th Place)

• Night two opened with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard free relay. The quad of Shallow, Webster, Anderson, and Giambalvo clocked a 1:41.67. 
• First year Brianna Maier had her first final where she took third in the C Final of the 400-yard individual medley. Maier registered a 5:22.13.
• Thompson had her night showing a 1:04.25 in the B Final of the 100-yard butterfly. Fahy would have a C Final swim as she touched with a 1:05.03 to drop 0.74 from the morning.
• Giambalvo's meet continued with a first place in the 200-yard free. The junior would showcase a 2:01.95 in the B Final to win by 0.20.
• A 4:13.69 would come from Anderson, Webster, Thompson, and Giambalvo in the 800-yard free relay to end night two.

DAY 3 – SATURDAY (538 Total Points | 5^th Place)

• A back-to-back finish came in the 200-yard butterfly to open the night with Fahy and Foveaux. Fahy would touch in a 2:30.95 while Foveaux dropped time from her morning swim to a 2:34.72.
• Anderson took fifth in 1:30.20 for the B Final of the 100-yard backstroke.
• Block's 1:04.36 from the C Final took first after her morning drop in the 100-yard backstroke. Kylie Rodi had her first finals in the C Final where the senior clocked a 1:06.38 that would show a drop.
• Olivia Wainstein took third in the B Final of the 100-yard breaststroke. Wainstein's 1:01.76 would be a one second drop from the morning. The stacked B Final would also show Webster, Fanelli, and Thompson. Webster touched in a 1:11.28, Fanelli in a 1:12.06, and Thompson in a 1:12.54.
• A 8:14.35 from Giambalvo, Block, Shallow, and Foveaux placed the quad fifth in the 800-yard free relay. Shallow would lead the four with a 2:00.08 in the third spot on the relay.

DAY 4 – SUNDAY (766.5 Total Points | 5^th Place)

• Giambalvo opened the final day with a seventh-place finish in the timed final 1650-yard free. The junior clocked an 11:21.68. Kaitlyn Beden would show a 12:12.73 from the afternoon session.
• Shallow's A Final in the 100-yard free showed a 54.45, just off her morning swim.
• The B Final of the 200-yard backstroke would hold three from the Pride. Anderson would capture the win with a 2:17.47. Block took a tie for third with a 2:19.49 to drop slightly from the morning.
• Rodi wrapped up her collegiate individual career with a 2:27.77.
• The C Final in the backstroke would hold Foveaux taking a 2:24.60 top drop two seconds and Brianna Maier matching her morning swim of 2:26.10.
• The final individual event of the meet would come in the 200-yard breaststroke. In the B Final, Olivia Wainstein would take second to lead Fanelli. Wainstein would hit the pad with a 2:34.97. Fanelli would hit with a 2:34.45. The stacked heat also showed Thompson touching in a 2:38.85 and Webster hitting the wall with a 2:39.79. All four would drop time from the morning.
• Giambalvo, Webster, Anderson, and Shallow capped off the four-day weekend in the 400-yard free relay with a final time of 3:44.60. The quad took sixth overall.