Katie White

Swimming & Diving

‘Cats Earn Trio of Top-Three Finishes in WVU Invitational Finale

Villanova finishes fourth in the field with 1,066 points

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Villanova logged eight top-eight finishes, three in the top three, closing out the WVU Invitational with a fourth place showing on Saturday.

Two of Villanova's individual championship final finishes resulted in top three results with Audrey Pastorek winning the 200 Back (1:56.00) and Katie White earning runner up in the 200 Fly (1:58.59). The lone relay action of the day resulted in a third place showing for the A team of Lexi Elkovitch, Cara Stapleton, Molly Benson and Perri Stahl closing the day with a third place showing in the 400 Free Relay (3:22.82).

After landing fifth through both of the first two days, the Wildcats jumped up one spot to finish with 1,066 points.

Pastorek logged her third win of the week with a personal best in the 200 Back, the program's seventh-fastest time. She reset her best time twice during the day, posting the fastest time in prelims at 1:58.39. The junior still sits as the third-fastest performer in team history with that latest swim, shaving over two seconds from her previous best of 1:58.76.

Hannah Wasmuth and Kaitlin Gravell joined Pastorek in the 200 Back Championship Final, finishing in fourth (1:59.50) and seventh (2:03.05), respectively.

Stapleton threw down a pair of personal bests in the 100 Free, swimming a 50.79 in the prelims before earning fourth at 49.99 in the finals to move into fifth on the program's top performers list. Stahl notched a personal best in seventh at 50.91 while Lexi Elkovitch finished 10th at 50.89.

White became the second fastest 200 Fly performer in team history with her runner-up finish. Both her finals time and the 1:58.68 she posted in the prelims now sit as the second and fourth fastest all-time times in the race.

Fellow freshman Winnie Jalet also made yet another move into the record book on the final day. She recorded the second fastest prelim time with a 2:14.90 in the 200 Breast to become the fifth-fastest performer for Villanova. In the nightcap, she finished third with a time of 2:14.92.

Villanova is back in action on Tuesday as it heads to La Salle. That meet is set to start at 1 p.m. from the Kirk Pool. For all of the latest updates surrounding the program, follow Villanova Swimming and Diving on Twitter and Instagram at @novaswimdive.

 
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Players Mentioned

Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Fly/Free
Junior
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Freestyle
Junior
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

IM/Breast
Senior
Audrey Pastorek

Audrey Pastorek

Back/IM
Junior
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Breast/Free
Senior
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Freestyle
Junior
Hannah Wasmuth

Hannah Wasmuth

Back/Free
Junior
Winnie Jalet

Winnie Jalet

Breast/IM
Freshman
Katie White

Katie White

Butterfly
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Junior
Fly/Free
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Junior
Freestyle
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

Senior
IM/Breast
Audrey Pastorek

Audrey Pastorek

Junior
Back/IM
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Senior
Breast/Free
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Junior
Freestyle
Hannah Wasmuth

Hannah Wasmuth

Junior
Back/Free
Winnie Jalet

Winnie Jalet

Freshman
Breast/IM
Katie White

Katie White

Freshman
Butterfly