LYCOMING SWIMMING OPENS SEASON BY WINNING MAC RELAYS

SCRANTON, PA – The Lycoming College swim team got their season of to a strong start by competing at the MAC Relays held at the University of Scranton, Saturday afternoon. The Warriors scored 372 points to outpace second-place Scranton by 36 points and win the eight-team event.

The invitational featured 10 relays made up of “mixed” teams (men and women) from each institution. Lycoming dominated the competition by winning eight of the 10 relays.

“This is a great start to our season. We’ve been working really hard in practice over the past few weeks and I was a bit surprised at how well we swam today,” said Lycoming head coach Jerry Hammaker. “Now we’re looking forward to our men traveling to Bloomsburg next week and both squads traveling to Clarion on Saturday to take on three division II programs. Today was a good indicator of where we are as a team. Next week will be a great chance for us to measure where we are in individual events.”

The following teams placed first for the Warriors:

400-yard medley relay 1 – Josh Hogan (So./Waverly, NY; Waverly), Nesma Karedis (Fr./Orefield, PA; Parkland), Jeff Swatkins (Fr./Guilford, CT; Xavier), and Andrea Rapach (Sr./Pittsford, NY; Pittsford Mendon)

400-yard medley relay 2 – Karissa Brown (So./Chemung, NY; Waverly), Wil Dolben (So./Rye, NH; St. Thomas Aquinas), Erin Horsley (So./Allegany, NY; Allegany Central), and Tim Roach (Fr./Wyndmoor, PA; Springfield)

400-yard backstroke relay – Steven Hawley (Fr./New Cumberland, PA; Trinity), Kelly Sykes (Fr./Willimantic, CT; Windham), Hogan, and Brown

800-yard freestyle relay – Dustin Long (Fr./Halifax, PA; Halifax), Erin Patrick (So./Media, PA; Penncrest), Rebecca Fox (So./Middletown, NJ; Middletown South), and Swatkins

400-yard breaststroke relay – Matt Thompson (Sr./Canisteo, NY; Canisteo Central), Sue Slepetz (Sr./Wescosville, PA; Emmaus), Dolben, and Karedis

200-yard freestyle relay – Jess Amadore (Jr./Easton, PA; Wilson), Hawley, Rapach, and Roach

400-yard IM relay – Dave DeZago (Jr./Sarasota, FL; Tappen Zee), Chris Mungo (Fr./Boonton, NJ; Boonton), Sykes, and Horsley

600-yard freestyle relay – Long, Rapach, Amadore, Fox, Hogan, Hawley

Complete team results:
1. Lycoming                372
2. Scranton                 336
3. Susquehanna          166
4. Drew                       146
5. Juniata                    88
6. Lebanon Val.           36
7. King’s                     24
8. FDU                        12