| Bareman Wins 50 Free, Penguins Place Third at Radford Invite |
| Tuesday, November 21 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- Leigh Bareman won the 50-yard freestyle and swam the second leg of Youngstown State's winning 200-yard freestyle relay to highlight YSU's performances at the Radford Thanksgiving Invitational over the weekend. Bareman's time of 24.86 ranks her as the fourth-fastest 50-yard sprinter in school history and was one of 16 new entries to YSU's all-time list at the meet. The Penguins finished third with 560 points, which is a 145-point improvement from last season. Natasha Bray was the top scorer in the individual events with 60 points. She finished second in the 1,650 free, fifth in the 400 IM, sixth in the 500 free, eighth in the 200 back and 12th in the 200 breast. Olivia Arnold scored 57 points, Brittany Senn scored 55.5 and Julia Darling scored 42.5. Megan Rupe swam the top time overall in the 100 free, but her time came in the consolation final as she narrowly missed qualifying for the top finals in the prelims. The Penguins' next meet will be Jan. 12 against Ohio at 4 p.m. |
| Penguins Top Cleveland State to Earn Double Dual Split |
| Sunday, November 12 2006 |
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| Cleveland, Ohio -- Julia Darling and Brittany Senn picked up overall victories and the Youngstown State swimming and diving team showed off its improved squad with a 157-74 victory over Cleveland State in a double dual Saturday. The Penguins split two contests with the Vikings last season, edging CSU for a 118-116 victory before falling 130-97 in February. The 83-point margin today came with the help of six freshman swimmers and an extra year of experience for the rest of the roster. YSU fell to perennial Horizon League power Wright State 163-80. Darling also earned a win against Cleveland State in the 200 IM, and Senn was part of two winning relays against the Vikings. Olivia Arnold, Jessica Front, Erin-Michelle Gordon and Kelly Reese also picked up individual wins against Cleveland State. Arnold added a personal-best time of 2:32.88 in the 200 breast to finish third overall, and Natasha Bray posted a personal-best mark of 2:21.47 in the 200 IM to finish seventh overall. It was Bray's sixth personal-best mark of the season. The Penguins will compete at the Radford Invitational on Nov. 17. |
| Reese Earns Second Straight League Diver of the Week Honor |
| Wednesday, November 8 2006 |
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| Indianapolis -- Youngstown State sophomore Kelly Reese has earned Horizon League Diver-of-the-Week accolades for the second consecutive week, the league announced Tuesday evening. The Canfield, Ohio, native posted her best scores of the season in exhibition diving competition against Butler on Friday. She scored 245.70 points in the one-meter and 235.95 in the three-meter in YSU's 138-112 win. Reese has now been named the Horizon League Diver-of-the-Week four times in her two year career. Sophomore Olivia Arnold was also recognized by the Horizon League as a top performer against the Bulldogs. Arnold was one of six Penguins to post individual victories in the meet, and her time of 4:48.79 in the 400 IM ranks her second in YSU history in the event. The Penguins compete against Wright State and Cleveland State in Cleveland on Saturday at 1 p.m. |
| Six Different Swimmers Earn Wins in 138-112 Victory Over Butler |
| Saturday, November 4 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- Three swimmers earned their first collegiate victories and the Penguins added 11 new entries to the top-10 all-time list in a 138-112 victory over Butler on Friday evening. Sophomore Leigh Bareman, one of the first-time winners, led a YSU sprint group that claimed the top three places in both sprint freestyle events with her first-place time of 25.34 in the 50 free. Sophomore Erin-Michelle Gordon and freshman Lara Munro also claimed their first collegiate wins in the 500 free and 200 fly. Olivia Arnold, Jessica Front and Brittany Senn also won individual events for YSU, which swam in its only home meet before mid-January. The 400 medley relay of Senn, Julia Darling, Becky Bertuzzi and Megan Rupe finished with a first-place time of 4:09.96, which was faster than the time YSU swam at the Horizon League Championships a year ago. Arnold's time of 10:54.40 edged second and third-place finishers Gordon and Leah Krout in the 1,000 free, Senn's time of 54.49 put her ahead of Bertuzzi and Gordon in the 100 free. Gordon swam a time of 5:23.61 in the 500 free to finish one spot ahead of Front and Krout. In exhibition performances, Arnold swam a time of 4:48.79 in the 400 IM to move into second-place in YSU history, and Kelly Reese posted her best score of the season in 1-meter diving. The Penguins will compete at Cleveland State against the Vikings and Wright State on Nov. 11. |