WARRIOR SWIMMERS CONTINUE TO SWIM WELL AT MACS;
MEN BREAK FIVE MORE SCHOOL RECORDS

SELINSGROVE, PA – The Lycoming College swimming teams continued to perform well during the second day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships. Both teams maintained their positions in the team standings with the men in third and the women in fifth. The Warrior men also continued their assault on Lycoming’s record book setting five new school marks.

Three of the records broken were individual and two were relay teams. Chris Mungo (Fr./Boonton, NJ; Boonton) claimed the first individual mark in the 400 IM, swimming a 4:31.23 in his preliminary race. Mungo ended up placing seventh in the event. Nathan DeCapria (Fr./Jersey Shore, PA; Central Mountain) followed with a :54.90 in the 100 butterfly to claim his second record of the championships and a fifth place finish in the event. Steve Hawley (Fr./New Cumberland, PA; Trinity) also tallied his second record of the meet with a :53.94 in the 100 backstroke. Hawley finished the race in second place.

The men’s 200-medley and 800-free relay team also broke school records. The team of Hawley, DeCapria, Josh Hogan (So./Waverly, PA; Waverly), and Matt Thompson (Sr./Canisteo, NY; Canisteo Central) swam a 1:41.15 in the 200-medley. In the 800-free, it was Mungo, Dustin Long (Fr./Halifax, PA; Halifax), Jeff Swatkins (Fr./Guilford, CT; Xavier), and Stuart Olsen (Fr./Evanston, IL; Evanston Twp.) swimming a time of 7:26.80 to set the new standard.

Other place-winners for the Warrior men included: Dave DeZago (Jr./Sarasota, FL; Tappen Zee) and Brett Bausinger (Fr./Berwick, PA; Berwick) – 6^th and 11^th in the 400IM, respectively; Hogan – 5^th in the 100 back and 6^th in the 100 fly; Swatkins – 12^th in the 100 fly; Long – 7^th in the 200 free; Olsen – 10^th in the 200 free; and Thompson – 11^th in the 100 breaststroke.

Lycoming’s women were led by freshman Kelly Sykes (Willimantic, CT; Windham) who finished second in the 100 backstroke. Rebecca Fox (So./Middletown, NJ; Middletown) added a fourth-place finish in the 200 free, and Erin Horsley (So./Allegany, NY; Allegany Central) placed fifth in the 400 IM.

Other Warrior women place-winners included: Erin Patrick (So./Media, PA; Penncrest) – 11^th in the 100 fly; Kristen Campbell (Sr./Camp Hill, PA; Cedar Cliff) – 10^th in the 100 breaststroke; and Karissa Brown (So./Chemung, NY; Waverly), Jessica Amadore (Jr./Easton, PA; Wilson), and Andrea Rapach (Sr./Pittsford, NY; Pittsford Mendon) – 6^th, 8^th, and 11^th, respectively in the 100 backstroke.

Competition at the MAC Championships resumes at 10 a.m. Sunday morning.