WARRIOR SWIMMERS COMPETE AT WOOSTER INVITATIONAL

WOOSTER, Ohio – A group of 14 Lycoming College swimmers traveled to the College of Wooster in Ohio for a three-day invitational meet. The Warriors performed well in the first day of competition led by Nathan DeCapria (So./Jersey Shore, Pa.; Central Mountain) for the men and Rebecca Fox (Jr./Middletown, N.J.; Middletown South) for the women.

DeCapria highlighted the first day of competition for Lycoming by winning the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.01 seconds. Fox, also contributed a top-8 finish coming in fifth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.15.

Complete Warrior results from Day 1
        Men’s 500 freestyle
                Stuart Olsen (So./Evanston, Ill.; Evanston) – 18^th; 5:11.06
                Chris Dempsey (Fr./Newtown, Pa.; Notre Dame) – 22^nd; 5:16.12

        Women’s 200 IM
                Fox – 5^th; 2:17.15
                Amy Gatehouse (Fr./Bethel Park, Pa.; Bethel Park) – 13^th; 2:24.20
                Lauren Iman (Fr./Bel Air, Md.; Fallston) – 18^th; 2:27.43

        Men’s 200 IM
                Jeff Swatkins (So./Guilford, Conn.; Xavier) – 10^th; 2:05.66
                Chris Mungo (So./Boonton, N.J.; Montville Twp.) – 14^th; 2:08.85

        Women’s 50 freestyle
                Kelly Sykes (So./Willimantic, Conn.; Windham) – 9^th; 0:26.43
                Kellie Cicconi (Fr./Odessa, N.Y.; Odessa-Montour Central) – 11^th; 0:26.65
                Erin Patrick (Jr./Media, Pa.; Penncrest) – 19^th; 0:26.93
                Jessica Gough (Fr./Berwick, Pa.; Berwick) – 19^th; 0:26.93

        Men’s 50 freestyle
                DeCapria – 1^st; 0:22.01
                Josh Hogan (Jr./Waverly, N.Y.; Waverly) – 13^th; 0:23.09