Emily Tallis Grove City Women Run PAC Title Streak to Six 2/23/2025 1:30:00 AM GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's swimming and diving team secured its sixth straight Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) title Saturday night by finishing the four-day conference championships with 991 team points. In addition to being their sixth in a row, the Wolverines won for the 16th time in the last 17 years and earned their 22nd overall championship. They totaled 991 points to finish first, while Saint Vincent College was second with 687 points and Westminster College placed third with 421 points. Rounding out the Championship standings was Chatham University in fourth (399), Allegheny College in fifth (357), Washington & Jefferson College in sixth (334), Franciscan University in seventh (263) and Bethany College (142). The Wolverines highlighted Saturday night's finals by winning three events including the 400 Free Relay to close out the meet, when freshman Ellie Webster (Westfield, Ind./Westfield), senior Sarah Kuchma (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills), sophomore Ashley Rauhauser (York, Pa./Homeschooled) and senior Emma Plank (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) clocked in a time of 3:37.19. Rauhauser also won the 200 Back in a winning time of 2:10.37. Freshman Hadleigh McNay (Tucker, Ga./Tucker) recorded Grove City's third win of the night as she took the 200 Breaststroke in 2:25.64. Saturday's finals began with the 1,650 Free, which was won by Saint Vincent sophomore Rachel Hutchinson (Bryan, Texas/Bryan). She finished in a time of 18:19.88 to win the event, her second of the week after winning the 500 Free Thursday night. Another Saint Vincent swimmer, senior Abby Leskovansky (Houtzdale, Pa./Homeschooled), finished off a big week on Saturday when she took first in the 100 Free (52.46) for her third event win of the Championships. Leskovansky swept the sprints with victories in the 50 and 200 Freestyles as well and would be named the PAC Swimmer of the Year following the meet. She is just the second Bearcat in program history to ever win the award and first since Lauren Connors won it during the 2021-22 season. The remainder of the major awards presented following the Championships went to athletes and coaches at Chatham. The PAC Newcomer of the Year was Cougar freshman Hannah Uhrinek (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) after she added a win in the 200 Fly (2:12.97) to her earlier victory in the Championships in the 100 Fly. This year's PAC Diver of the Year is Chatham senior Ali Cowan (Derry, Pa./Derry Area), who was victorious on both the one- and three-meter boards. Following Cowan's title sweep, Chatham's Vic Galati was named the PAC Diving Coach of the Year. The PAC Swimming Coach of the Year also went to Chatham, as second-year head coach James Koval was recognized after his program scored 188 more points this season and moved from seventh place in the standings last year to fourth in Koval's second year at the helm.