BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Sophomore Jackie Gaigals (Rochester, N.H.) won the 50-yard butterfly and posted three top-four individual finishes to help the Plymouth State University women's swim team to a fourth-place finish at the Bridgewater State Invitational at Dr. Mary Jo Moriarty Pool on Saturday.
 
Gaigals out-touched her competition in the 50-yard butterfly to win by just 0.31 seconds, establishing a personal best time in the event. She added fourth-place showings in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard IM, while swimming the opening leg of PSU's second place 400-yard freestyle relay team.
 
As a team, the Panthers finished fourth out of seven teams and just four points shy of third-place finisher Rhode Island College.
 
The Basics:

• Bridgewater State Invitational – 4th of 7 Teams

Team Finishes:

• Bridgewater State (698 – 1st), Westfield State (321 – 2nd), Rhode Island College (236 – 3rd), Plymouth State (232 – 4th), Colby-Sawyer (166 – 5th), UMass Dartmouth (122 – 6th), Western New England (109 – 7th)

Individual Event Top Finishes:

• Jackie Gaigals (First – 50 Fly; Fourth – 100 Free, 100 IM)
• Emma Seward (Second – 500 Free; Third – 1650 Free)
• Ollie Kramer (Third – 200 Free; Fifth – 100 Free)
• Liv Bailey (Fourth – 100 Back, 200 Back)
• Liana Gobin (Fourth – 200 Fly)
• Paige Lee (Fifth – 50 Free, 50 Back)

Teaming Up:

• Jackie Gaigals, Paige Lee, Liv Bailey, Ollie Kramer
  • (Second – 400 Freestyle Relay)

How it Happened:

• Sophomore Emma Seward (Los Angeles, Calif.) got the Panthers out to a good start with a third place showing in the exhausting 1650-yard freestyle after touching the wall in 21:10.93.
• Gaigals rode the momentum to victory in the 50-yard butterfly with a personal best time of 29.44.
• Freshman Ollie Kramer (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) took third in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:12.28 and sophomore Liv Bailey (Wrentham, Mass.) followed with a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:08.96.
• Junior Liana Gobin (Belfast, Maine) touched the wall in 3:16.49 to finish fourth in the 200-yard butterfly, before sophomore Paige Lee (Stratham, N.H.) swam to a fifth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.69.
• Gaigals and Kramer went four-five in the 100-yard freestyle with times of 1:01.20 and 1:01.32, respectively.
• Bailey posted her second fourth place of the day with a 2:30.97 in the 200-yard backstroke.
• Gaigals capped her outstanding individual day with fourth place in the 100-yard IM in 1:12.82.
• Seward was second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:48.55.
• Lee claimed fifth in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 33.15, and PSU's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Gaigals, Lee, Bailey and Kramer finished just off the winning pace for a second place showing in 4:09.26.

 
Up Next:

• Plymouth State returns to the PSU Natatorium for the Al Switzer Alumni Meet on Jan. 6.