WARRIOR SWIM TEAMS FINISH THIRD AT CLARION

CLARION, PA – The Lycoming College women’s and men’s swimming team traveled to Clarion University, Saturday afternoon, for a quad-meet with Clarion, Shippensburg, and Edinboro – all NCAA Division II institutions. Both Warrior teams performed well, placing third at the event. The women’s squad scored 293 points to finish behind Clarion (569) and Shippensburg (448), but ahead of Edinboro (147). The men’s team tallied 321 points to finish behind Clarion (611.5) and Shippensburg (369), but ahead of Edinboro (137).

“I’m very pleased with how we swam today,” said Lycoming head coach Jerry Hammaker. “We scheduled this meet because we wanted high-end competition early in the season, but we also wanted to come away with a win against at least one of these DII school and both our teams did. We’ve been working hard in practice and came in a little tired, but I think we had good meet and set ourselves up for the we want to accomplish in the next few weeks.”

Lycoming’s women were led by freshman Kelly Sykes (Willimantic, CT; Windham) who was the Warriors’ top finisher in three individual events. Sykes placed third in the 100 back (1:03.04), fourth in the 200 back (2:19.29), and seventh in the 100 fly (1:05.34). She was also a member of Lycoming’s 200-medley relay team that placed fifth in a time of 1:57.92.

The Warrior men were led by freshman Dustin Long (Halifax, PA; Halifax) who also was Lycoming top finisher in three events, as well as swimming on a relay team. Long placed third in the 1650 free (18:26.13), fifth in the 200 free (1:56.96), and fifth in the 500 free (5:16.40). He also swam the third leg on the Warriors’ 200 free relay that placed fourth in 1:31.83.

Lycoming hosts their first home meet of the season on Wednesday, November 13, at 7 p.m.

Top-10 finishers for Lycoming:
Women
200-medley relay – 5^th (Kelly Sykes, Nesma Karedus, Erin Patrick, Jess Amadore) 1:57.92
1650 free – Rebecca Fox – 5^th (19:15.31); Lindsay Fahey – 8^th; Mallory Doherty – 10^th
200 free – Erin Patrick – 7^th (2:06.04); Rebecca Fox – 9^th; Sue Slepetz – 10^th
100 back – Kelly Sykes – 3^rd (1:03.04); Karissa Brown – 7^th
100 breast – Kristin Campbell – 4^th (1:14.00); Nesma Karedus – 7^th; Sue Slepetz – 9^th
200 fly – Erin Horsley – 7^th (2:29.26); Ashley Klappholz – 10^th
50 free – Andrea Rapach – 3^rd (:26.10); Jess Amadore – 6^th; Nicole Dvorscak – 9^th
100 free – Andrea Rapach – 4^th (:56.96); Jess Amadore – 6^th; Nicole Dvorscak – 10^th
200 back – Kelly Sykes – 4^th (2:19.29); Karissa Brown – 6^th; Heather Sayce – 7^th
200 breast – Nesma Karedus – 3^rd (2:40.64); Sue Slepetz – 10^th
500 free – Rebecca Fox – 4^th (5:32.77); Lindsay Fahey – 9^th
100 fly – Kelly Sykes – 7^th (1:05.34); Erin Patrick – 8^th
400 IM – Erin Horsley – 8^th (5:15.33); Nesma Karedus – 9^th; Tracey Fausel – 10^th
200 free relay – 3^rd (Rebecca Fox, Jess Amadore, Andrea Rapach, Erin Patrick) 1:45.37

Men
200-medley relay – 6^th (Steven Hawley, Matt Thompson, Jeff Swatkins, Tim Roach)
1650 free – Dustin Long –3^rd (18:26.13); Brett Bausinger – 6^th; Brian Smith – 7^th
200 free – Dustin Long – 5^th (1:56.96); Stuart Olsen - 6th; Brett Bausinger – 9^th
100 back – Josh Hogan – 6^th (1:00.01)
100 breast – Matt Thompson – 6^th (1:07.11); Dave DeZago – 7^th; Will Dolben – 10^th
200 fly – Jeff Swatkins – 4^th (2:11.28); Chris Mungo – 5^th; Rob Neil – 7^th
50 free – Steven Hawley – 2^nd (:22.45); Tim Roach – 4^th
100 free – Steven Hawley – 3^rd (:50.61); Tim Roach – 6^th; Jeff Swatkins – 9^th
200 back – Dave DeZago – 7^th (2:13.62); Josh Hogan – 8^th
200 breast – Matt Thompson – 7^th (2:35.02); Will Dolben – 9^th
500 free – Dustin Long – 5^th (5:16.40); Brett Bausinger – 9^th; Stuart Olsen – 10^th
100 fly – Josh Hogan – 5^th (:57.45); Chris Mungo – 8^th; Rob Neil – 9^th
400 IM – Dave DeZago –7^th (4:44.93); Jeff Swatkins – 8^th; Chris Mungo – 10^th
200 free relay – 4^th (Steven Hawley, Tim Roach, Dustin Long, Josh Hogan) 1:31.83