Alle-Kiski Valley campus clippings: Houston swimmer Kondis cleans up at conference meet

Peyton Kondis felt right at home over the weekend as the University of Houston hosted the American Athletic Conference men’s and women’s swimming championships.

The Plum resident and Oakland Catholic graduate won two individual titles and was a part of two relay triumphs.

She captured both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, winning with times of 59.34 seconds and 2:09.93, and added wins as part of the 200 medley relay (1:37.60) and 400 medley relay (3:34.13).

The 400 medley relay time is a school record.

Expected to earn a third straight trip to the NCAA championships, Kondis added a runner-up finish in the 200 individual medley (1:57.85) as she was selected AAC co-swimmer of the year.

Kondis finishes her AAC career with four individual conference titles. She also won the 100 breast in her freshman and sophomore seasons.

On Feb. 14, Kondis earned her second Olympic Trials cut with a 2:32.14 in the 200 long-course breaststroke at a home invitational. She already owned a trials cut in the 100 breast.

Kentucky: Bailey Bonnett (Highlands) produced a trio of bronze medals at the SEC Championships, which concluded Saturday. The junior co-captain set a school record in both the prelims and finals (4:05.63) of the 400 IM, and, swimming the breast leg, helped the 400 medley relay claim a school record (3:29.69). Bonnett swam a season best and the fifth-fastest time in the nation this season in placing third in the 200 breast (2:07.92). She also owns the school record in that event with a time of 2:06.91 set at last year’s NCAA Championships.

St. Francis (Pa.): Sabrina Bowman (St. Joseph) was very busy in her final Northeast Conference Championship meet. The Red Flash senior swam seven times over four days and claimed silver in both the 200 IM (2:03.44) and 100 butterfly (54.22). Bowman added a third as part of the 400 medley relay (3:49.50), fourths in the 200 free relay (1:33.99) and 400 free relay (3:27.95) and fifths in the 200 medley relay (1:44.12) and 100 freestyle (51.24). Her finishes helped the St. Francis women take fourth out of nine teams. Bowman finishes as an NEC champion in the 100 fly (2019) and 200 IM (2018).

Men’s swimming

Gannon: Justin Decheck (Plum) made the most of his first set of swims at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships. The Knights freshman earned a podium finish with a fourth in the 100 back in a time of 51.06. He cut nearly two seconds off his sixth-place seed time. He added podium finishes as part of the bronze-medal winning 200 medley relay (1:32.40) and 400 medley relay (3:25.91).

Men’s Basketball

Bethany: Aiden Albert (Knoch) scored 12 points and added a season-best 12 rebounds Saturday in a 73-65 loss to Waynesburg in Presidents Athletic Conference action. He is third on the team in scoring at 8.5 points a game and owns 11 double-digit scoring efforts. The senior forward tallied a season-best 21 points in a loss to Grove City on Feb. 1.

Women’s basketball

Geneva College: Jenna Luciana (St. Joseph) scored a team-best 20 points, including four 3-pointers, in a 70-51 win over Thiel College on Feb. 22. The senior guard, averaging 9.9 points a game, has started all 23 of her team’s games this season and owns 13 double-digit scoring efforts.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Pitt: Nikki Shearer (Burrell) recorded her second win of the season in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.41 at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier hosted by Kent State. She also helped the 1,600 relay best the field by more than three seconds (3:43.14). The ACC Championships, hosted by Notre Dame, are Thursday through Saturday.

Grove City: Logan DeJonge (Knoch) placed second in the women’s long jump with a best mark of 16 feet, 8½ inches at Saturday’s Mount Union Invitational. She was first among Division III entrants. She also helped the 800 relay take fourth (1:55.00). The PAC conference championships are Thursday at Youngstown State.

Clarion: Kaylen Sharrow (Burrell) placed fifth in the 60 hurdles with a personal best of 9.97 seconds at Friday’s Edinboro Open. She bested her previous mark by more than a tenth of a second.