Oct. 5, 2004
Penguins Hold Red & Black Meet, Carter and Leveto Named Captains
    Youngstown -- Senior Erin Carter won three individual events while Kalyn Leveto, Jordan Dunn and Brittany Senn won two events apiece as the Youngstown State swimming and diving team kicked off its season with the annual Red & Black Intrasquad Scrimmage at the Beeghly Natatorium.
    Leveto and Dunn paced the black team that was coached by diving coach Nick Gavolas to a 115-112 victory as the squad picked up wins in seven events including both relays. Carter and Leveto were also announced as team captains for the 2004-05 season at the meet.
    Leveto, fresh off being named the 2004 Horizon League Diver of the Year, won the 1-meter board with a tally of 192.23 and the 3-meter with a 238.05. Dunn earned victories in the 500 free in 5:33.06 and the 1,000 free in 11:18.46 while Becky Bertuzzi won the 200 free with a time of 2:05.66 to round out the individual winners for the black squad.
    Carter won the 200-yard IM (2:17.86), the 200 butterfly (2:16.13) and the 200 backstroke (2:15.84) for the red time while Senn, a freshman from Hinckley, Ohio, won the 50 free in 25.93 and the 100 free in 56.85.  Freshman Julia Darling was the only other winner for the red team as she won the 200 breast in 2:38.14.
    Other members of the black team were Katy Malys, Danielle Blagg, Missy Wiese, Michelle Von Duhn, Sarah Porchak and Kristen Moffatt. Amanda Howard, Amanda Ladd, Megan Blazek, Kim Hanley, Erika Gregos and Erin Mazzant were members of the team.
    The Penguins will kick off their season on Oct. 17 when they travel to Huntington, W. Va., to take on Marshall and Radford at 1 p.m.