Buffalo, N.Y. -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's swimming team returned to action for the third day of competition at the SUNYAC/AMCC Swimming Championships on Friday. The Panthers had one swimmer qualify for finals and remained in 9th place with a team total of 70 points.

Skyler Bland was the lone Panther to make the finals on Day 3. In the 400-yard individual medley, Bland finished the preliminary round in 11th place with a time of 5:07.27. She cut 2.5 seconds off her time in the finals and moved up one spot to 10th place with a time of 5:04.89

While Bland was the only Pitt-Bradford swimmer to have a spot in the finals, all four other teammates were in action during the first session. Bailey Fedak was the closest to joining Bland, as she finished 17th in the 200-yard freestyle, putting her int eh 1st alternate position. Her time was 2:07.40 and she missed out on the 16th and finals by only .38 seconds.

Other Preliminary swimmers

100-yard Breaststroke - Brooklyn Bellavia, 26th, 1:35.20

100-yard Backstroke - Carly Evers, 20th, 1:10.23

100-yard Breaststroke - Emma Slocum

The Panthers will be back in Buffalo for one more day, as they will wrap up the championship meet with 5 more individual events, and one final relay. Pitt-Bradford swimmers will compete in the 1650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, and the 400-yard Freestyle relay. Preliminary rounds begin at 10:00 a.m. with the final session starting at 5:30 p.m.