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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Feb. 18) – Sophomore Georgia Emert (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) won the 500 freestyle, as the California University of Pennsylvania swimming team moved into fourth place in the team standings on Friday at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships hosted by Cumberland Valley High School.

Emert captured the championship in the 500 freestyle after posting a time of 5 minutes, 0.59 seconds in the finals. The Lancaster native is the fifth different swimmer in school history to win an event at the championships and joins former All-Americans Sandra Buehler (2003) and Ester Bosch (2009) as winners in the 500 freestyle. Emert placed fourth in the preliminaries before reaching an NCAA Championship 'B' qualifying time in the finals.

The 400 medley relay team of Emert, junior Melissa Gates (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley), sophomore Bruna Carvalho (Belem, Brazil/Milton Campos) and freshman Clarissa Enslin (Dalview, South Africa/St. Andrews School for Girls) established a new school record and finished fifth in the finals after touching the wall in 3:53.05. The Vulcans broke the previous school record set at the 2009 PSAC Championships by over eight-tenths of a second.

As an individual, Gates placed second in both the preliminaries and finals of the 50 freestyle. The five-time PSAC Swimmer of the Week finished with a time of 23.28 seconds in the finals, only two hundredths of a second behind her school record. Enslin was close behind in the 50 freestyle after touching the wall in 23.82 seconds to place fourth in the finals.

In the 200 freestyle relay, Gates, sophomore Caitlyn Sirkoch (New Kensington, Pa./Plum), freshman Stephanie Bolt (Sundsvall, Sweden/Skvaderns Gymnasieskola) and Enslin finished second after posting an NCAA 'B' qualifying time of 1:35.10.

Through the first three sessions of the PSAC Championships, the Vulcans have totaled 121 points to rank fourth in the team standings. Defending-conference champion West Chester leads with 194 points, followed by Clarion (163), IUP (127) and Cal U.

The Vulcans return to action at the PSAC Championships tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 18, starting at 10 a.m. Live video of the 36th-annual league championships is available by clicking here.

CAL U PSAC CHAMPIONS
2003 – Sandra Buehler (500, 1000 Freestyle)
2005 – Petra Zavadilova (100, 200 Butterfly)
2008 – Ester Bosch (200 Freestyle)
2009 – Ester Bosch (200, 500 Freestyle)
2009 – Mary Juhl (1000, 1650 Freestyle)
2011 – Georgia Emert (500 Freestyle)