WENHAM, Mass. – Senior Gabby Gladu (Lewiston, Maine) recorded three top-three finishes to lead the Plymouth State University women's swimming & diving team in a dual meet against Gordon College at the Bennett Center Natatorium on Saturday.
 
Gladu placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:21.46 and finished second in 1-meter diving with a score of 131.59. She added a third-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 37.72 seconds.
 
Sophomore Savana Vieira (Berkley, Mass.) placed second in the 50-yard backstroke (36.51) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:21.50), while classmate Sadie Hult (South Burlington, Vt.) finished third in the 50-yard backstroke (38.87) and 50-yard butterfly (37.50).
 
Freshman Ava Newell (Weare, N.H.) added a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle in 1:05.00, while senior Laurel Bennett (Rindge, N.H.) placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 13:47.85. Freshmen Jae Godfrey (Bethel, Conn.) and Addison Herbert (Sun Prairie, Wis.) also earned third-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (2:27.14) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:29.75), respectively.
 
Plymouth State's 200-yard medley relay team of senior Emma Hannigan (Huntington Station, N.Y.), Gladu, senior Vickie Ni (Lebanon, N.H.) and Newell finished second in 3:14.39. Hannigan, Herbert, Newell and Bennett teamed up for a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:57.45).
 
Gordon won the meet, 203-59, to improve to 3-0, while the Panthers fall to 0-2.
 
 
The Basics:

• Plymouth State 59, Gordon 203
  • Plymouth State (0-2)
  • Gordon (3-0)

Individual Event Top Finishers:

• Gabby Gladu: Second – 1M Diving, 100 Breast; Third – 50 Breast
• Savana Vieira: Second – 50 Back; Third – 100 Back
• Ava Newell: Second – 100 Free
• Sadie Hult: Third – 50 Back, 50 Fly
• Laurel Bennett: Third – 1000 Free
• Jae Godfrey: Third – 200 Free
• Addison Herbert: Third – 100 Breast

Teaming Up:

• Emma Hannigan, Gabby Gladu, Vickie Ni, Ava Newell
  • Second – 200 Medley Relay
• Emma Hannigan, Addison Herbert, Ava Newell, Laurel Bennett
  • Third – 200 Free Relay

 
Up Next:

• Plymouth State will compete at the Louise Goodrum Invitational at UMass Dartmouth next Saturday (Nov. 14) at 10 a.m.