Women’s Swimming

Georgia Wright, a junior distance specialist from Doncaster, England, captured three national titles at the 2019 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships held last week at IUPUI (Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis).

Wright helped the Golden Rams to a third-place finish, the highest finish for the women at the national championships in more than a decade.

Great Britain’s pride and joy won the 500-yard freestyle (in 4:48.33 seconds), the 1,000-yard freestyle (in 9:45.86 seconds), and 1,650-yard freestyle (in 16:20.5 seconds). She now has seven national titles to her credit.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Sophomore Caroline Lewis, a West Chester East graduate, registered a mark of 19 feet 16.25 inches to capture fifth place at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships and earn All-American honors.

Lewis is WCU’s first female Indoor All-American since sprinter Danielle Scardino earned the honor at the end of the 2008 season.

She also earned another All-America certificate with an eighth-place finish in the pentathlon.

Poetry Center

West Chester University’s Poetry Center will welcome Richard Blanco, whom President Obama selected to read at his second inauguration, as the 2019 Poet-in-Residence. Blanco will do two public events on campus today, March 19.

Blanco will speak and do an informal meet-and-greet from 11:15 AM-1:15 PM in Main Hall, Room 200. He’ll do a short reading and give a craft talk on how cultural identity and place inform his poetry and memoirs. Pizza will be served.

He’ll do an evening book signing in Anderson Hall, Room 211, at 7:30 PM. He’ll read from his new book, How to Love a Country, which will also be available for sale, as will several of his other works. How to Love a Country explores immigration, gun violence, racism, and LGBTQ issues.

Both events are free and open to the public.

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