Allentown, Pa… The Cedar Crest Swim and Dive hosted Kutztown University and St. Joseph's College on January 11^th2020 at the Rodale Aquatic Center. Kutztown scored 150 points, St. Joe's 153 points, and Cedar Crest 85 points. Kutztown defeated St. Joseph's College. 
 
The first event of the double-dual meet was the 200-yard medley relay. Zaria Berry (Maplewood, N.J. /Columbia High School ), Cassandra Reijgers (Hollis, N.H./Hollis Brookline), Nyla Boulware (Whitehall Pa./Whitehall), and Ally Arabio finished in 2:33.52. Freshman, Abbey Mower (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional ) was the lone Falcon in the 1650-yard freestyle and finished in third place with a time of 21:47.60. In the 200-yard freestyle Mackenzie Inacker (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood) took third with a time of 2:20.92. Josie Schwieterman finished in 2:57.06 dropping over 42 seconds from her previous time. 
 
Berry and Arabio swam in the 100-yard backstroke finishing with times of 1:18.42 and 1:39.53 respectively. In the 100-yard breaststroke Reijgers and Boulware finished in 1:32.35 and 1:34.94. Rachael Alulis (Whitehall, Pa ) finished in third place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:41.57. Brenna Desborough (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) also swam in this race and finished in 3:49.33. 
 
Inacker edged out Kutztown's Green, taking third place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.54. Sasha Singh made her debut appearance for the Falcons in the 50 free and finished with an impressive time of 47.64 for a first-time swimmer. In the 100-yard freestyle Inacker placed 4^th with a time of 1:04.50. Schwieterman finished in 1:21.05.
 
Mower, aiming to break the 200-yard backstroke record for the Falcons, took third with a time of 2:32.69 just 2 seconds shy of the school record. She will have another chance at the meet tomorrow. Berry finished the 200 back with a time of 2:50.41. Alulis (3:00.11) and Reijgers (3:26.40) swam in the 200-yard breaststroke. Mower was yet again the only Falcon in the 500-yard freestyle distance event. She placed fourth with a time of 6:42.46. 
 
The 100-yard butterfly was the next event. Boulware finished in 1:36.01 and Desborough in 1:50.26. Alulis won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 5:36.07. Reijgers placed third with a time of 7:04.89. The final event of the day was the 200-yard freestyle relay. The relay of Inacker, Boulware, Mower, and Alulis took third with a time of 2:06.96 and the relay of Singh, Arabio, Schwieterman, and Desborough took fourth with a time of 2:38.24. 
 
All of the swimmers today performed extremely well and everyone dropped time in at least one of their races after a long week of double practices. The Falcons are 3-4 overall this season and 2-0 in conference thus far. The Falcons will compete against conference team, Wells Express tomorrow, January 11^th and will be celebrating the seniors on their team. The meet is scheduled to start at 3pm at the Rodale Aquatic Center.