Women's Swimming | 10/24/2026 6:17:00 PM
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis University men's and women's swimming teams hosted Westminster College on Saturday afternoon, with the Red Wolves women earning a 162-99 victory and the men's team falling 163-42.
The Saint Francis women collected several event victories throughout the meet, led by strong performances from Maura Rubio, Taylor Weth, Kathryn Tanis, Katie Webster and Ella Anderson.
Rubio opened the individual event wins for the Red Wolves with a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 24.94 seconds. She added another victory in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.64.
Weth captured two individual victories, winning the 200-yard butterfly in 2:20.52 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:29.53. Tanis also won twice, taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.64 before winning the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:32.78.
Webster earned victories in the 100-yard freestyle (56.48) and joined Weth, Tanis and Anderson on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet finished in 3:47.68 to secure another first-place finish for Saint Francis.
Anderson added a pair of individual wins in the backstroke events, taking first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.88 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:18.67. Reegan Brown and Morgan Grove also delivered strong performances in the freestyle events. Brown won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.62, while Grove finished second in 2:04.67. The pair also placed first and second, respectively, in the 200-yard backstroke, with Brown touching in 2:19.85.
The Red Wolves started the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as Maura Rubio, Tanis, Brown and Weth combined for a time of 1:49.56.
On the men's side, Jack Lutter had a great day in the pool. He won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:08:21, edging Westminster's Jack Katigbak by four-hundredths of a second. Lutter also took first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:21:22. And he finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.03.
Michael Makdad posted a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 58.10 seconds, while Tommy Corcoran finished second in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.19. Makdad also placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.20) and 100-yard freestyle (54.66).
Both Saint Francis men's and women's swim teams return to the pool next Saturday for a meet at Allegheny College.
