LYCOMING SWIMMERS SWEEP KING’S;
WOMEN FINISH SEASON UNDEFEATED

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Lycoming College swimming team traveled to King’s College for men’s and women’s dual meets to conclude the regular season. The Warrior women defeated the Monarchs 142-44, while the men won 11-0 winning the opening relay and swimming exibition for the remainder of the events. Lycoming’s women finish the dual meet season with a perfect 12-0 record. Lycoming’s men finish at 8-2.

Erin Horsley (Fr./Allegany, NY; Allegany Central) and Karen Turpin (So./West Windsor, NJ; Princeton) led the way for the Warriors with two individual victories each. Horsley won the 1000 free and 200 fly. Turpin won the 200 and 500 free events. Other individual winners for Lycoming included: Jess Amadore (So./Easton, PA; Wilson Area) – 50 free, Erin Patrick (Fr./Media, PA; Penncrest) – 200 IM, Rebecca Fox (Fr./Middletown, NJ; Middletown) – 100 free, Karissa Brown (Fr./Chemung, NY; Waverly) – 200 backstroke, and Susan Slepetz (Jr./Wescosville, PA; Emmaus) –200 breast.

On the men’s side Rich Jones (Sr./Montgomery, NY; Valley Central) and Jeremy Klaas (So./Metuchen, NJ; Metuchen) provided the highlights as both swimmers recorded qualifying times for the conference championships. The addition of Jones and Klaas to the championship roster means that the entire Lycoming men’s team is eligible to compete.

“It has been a phenomenal year,” said Head Coach Jerry Hammaker. “For the women to go from 6-10 last season to undefeated at 12-0, and the men to improve from 5-9 to 8-2, just goes to show how hard both these teams have been working. I’m very proud of the way we competed during the dual meet season and I think we did it while setting ourselves up well for the conference meet in a few weeks. We’re excited to see what we can do there.”