EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – Audrey Pastorek and Winnie Jalet had a pair of golden individual swims before being a part of the winning the 400 Medley Relay on Friday at the BIG EAST Championships. Villanova still holds the lead through three days of action at the Nassau County Aquatic Center.

The Wildcats have distanced themselves from the rest of the field by 202.5 points with 1031 points. Connecticut trails in second at 828.5 points. Georgetown rounds out the top three with 807.5 points. Villanova tallied seven medals on the day, extending their medal count to 14 through three days.

Pastorek logged a personal-best time of 53.97 in the 100 Back, marking the tenth-fastest time in program history and keeping her spot as the third-fastest performer. She took almost two seconds off of her prelim time of 55.14 that paced the field through the morning session. The junior has now won two gold medals this week in individual swims. Pastorek is the ninth Wildcat to win the 100 Back and the first to do so since Darby Goodwin capped off four-straight 100 Back titles in 2019.

Jalet's gold in the 100 Breast marks the first individual gold of her career, posting a 1:02.13. She was second heading into the final after a morning heat that saw her touch in 1:02.86. The freshman is the first Villanova swimmer to win the crown since Maggie Kleinsmith won it in 2020 and the ninth overall.

The golden duo teamed up with Katie White and Lexi Elkovitch in the 400 Medley Relay to close out the day with a win. They recorded a winning time of 3:42.13 that beat out UConn's group by just over sixth-tenths of a second, marking the seventh-fastest time in program history. Villanova has gone 4-for-4 with relays this week, extending its relay wins streak to 10 straight since the 2021 campaign.

Kleinsmith finished right behind Jalet in the 100 Breast, touching in 1:02.21 to earn silver. The pair went 1-2 in the prelims with Kleinsmith leading the way with a 1:02.40 time in the morning.

Another pair of Wildcats notching top-three showing came in the 200 Free with Molly Benson and Elkovitch both setting new personal bests. The duo went sub-1:50.00 on their times in the finals. Benson finished the night with a silver medal at 1:49.00, over two seconds better than her prelim showing of 1:51.26 that had her heading into the final as the sixth-seed. Elkovitch entered the night as the four-seed with a 1:50.86 in the morning. She earned bronze with a 1:49.95.

Kaitlin Gravell reset her record book time as the fifth-fastest 400 IM performer in team history, taking bronze with an NCAA B-cut time of 4:16.98. She was nearly four seconds better in the evening after posting a 4:20.87 in the morning.

Mary Kate Farrell and Brenna McLaughlin also made championship final appearances in the 200 Free, touching in seventh (1:51.60) and eighth (1:51.78), respectively. McLaughlin had a personal best time of 1:51.46 in the morning.

Perri Stahl finished fourth in the 100 Breast in 1:04.01Arabella Lee touched sixth in the 100 Fly A-Final, clocking in at 54.99. White trailed her in seventh at 55.39.

Saturday's final day of action brings the 1650 Free, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 1-Meter diving and the 400 Free Relay. Prelims start at 10 a.m. with diving at 1 p.m. and finals beginning at 5:45 p.m.