Results
 
MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny women's swimming team defeated Westminster in their 2025-26 home opener Saturday (Nov. 1).
 
The Gators won the close meet by a score of 134-127. Overall, they took first in eight events.
 
Kerrigan Swartz (Brookville, Pa./Brookville Area) had a pair of individual victories for the Gators in sprints. She took the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.67 and the 100 freestyle with a time of 57.85.
 
Anna Kohler (Sewickley, Pa./Avonworth) also claimed first place in a pair of events. Both of her wins came in the butterfly, taking the 100 with a time of 1:04.62 and the 200 with a time of 2:25.69.
 
The Gators also swept the two breaststroke events. Josephine Reiter (Pittsburgh, Pa./CAPA) won the 100 with a time of 1:13.82 while Grace Melocchi (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler) narrowly bested Reiter in the 200 with a time of 2:39.15.
 
The final two wins came at the start and the end of the event. The event started with the 200 medley relay team of Magnolia Myers (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Our Lady of the Elms), Reiter, Kohler and Swartz winning with a time of 1:51.77. In the final event of the meet, the 200 freestyle relay team of Swartz, Emily Arendas (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin), Melocchi and Kohler won with a time of 1:46.85.
 
Allegheny Winners and Runner-Ups
 
50 Freestyle
1st. Swartz (26.67)
 
100 Freestyle
1st. Swartz (57.85)
 
200 Freestyle
2nd. Miranda Fanning (Tiffin, Ohio/Columbian) (2:14.52)
 
500 Freestyle
2nd. Olivia Johnson (Trafford, Pa./Penn-Trafford) (6:05.58)
 
1,000 Freestyle
2nd. Melocchi (11:43.70)
 
100 Backstroke
2nd. Myers (1:02.55)
 
200 Backstroke
2nd, Myers (2:28.43)
 
100 Butterfly
1st. Kohler (1:04.62)
2nd. Myers (1:07.17)
 
200 Butterfly
1st. Kohler (2:25.69)
 
100 Breaststroke
1st. Reiter (1:13.82)
2nd. Arendas (1:17.51)
 
200 Breaststroke
1st. Melocchi (2:39.15)
2nd. Reiter (2:39.72)
 
200 Individual Medley
2nd. Melocchi (2:24.29)
 
200 Freestyle Relay
1st. Swartz, Arendas, Melocchi, Kohler (1:46.85)
 
200 Medley Relay
1st. Myers, Reiter, Kohler, Swartz (1:51.77)
 
Up Next
The Gators travel to Saint Vincent next Saturday (Nov. 8).