WARRIOR SWIMMERS FINISH SECOND DAY OF COMPETITION AT MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Lycoming College swimming teams held their ground, Saturday morning and evening, during the second day of competition at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships. The Warrior men remained in third place in the team standings with 317 points behind Albright (570.5) and Widener (448.5). Lycoming’s women kept pace in fifth place with 272 points behind Scranton (490), Albright (404), Widener (297), and Juniata (291.5). The Warriors also claimed another individual conference champion and broke four more school records.

Steve Hawley (So./New Cumberland, Pa.; Trinity) paced the Warrior men, winning his second individual conference title in as many days. Hawley won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.07 seconds. Jeff Swatkins (So./Guilford, Conn.; Xavier) added a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.16 seconds. Chris Dempsey (Fr./Newtown, Pa.; Notre Dame) set a new school record in the 400 IM of 4:25.75 – good for fourth place; and Chris Mungo (So./Boonton, N.J.; Montville Twp.) set a new school mark in the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.79, finishing in seventh place. Both men's relays also set new school records for Lycoming.

The Warrior women were led by Kelly Sykes (So./Willimantic, Conn.; Windham) who placed third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.89. Rebecca Fox (Jr./Middletown, Pa.; Middletown South) added a fourth-place finish in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:53.49.

Competition resumes at 10 a.m. on Sunday with the finals slated to begin at 5 p.m.

Complete list of Lycoming place-winners from day two:

Men
Dempsey – 4^th 400 IM (4:25.75)
Brett Bausinger (So./Berwick, Pa.; Berwick) – 11^th 400 IM (4:51.37)
Jeremy Klaas (Sr./Metuchen, N.J.; Metuchen) – 13^th 400 IM (5:03.54); 16^th 100 back (1:03.25)
Swatkins – 3^rd 100 fly (:54.16)
Josh Hogan (Jr./Waverly, N.Y.; Waverly) – 6^th 100 fly (:54.32); 5^th 100 back(:55.65)
Nathan Decapria (So./Jersey Shore, Pa.; Central Mountain) – 10^th 100 fly (:55.87)
Stuart Olsen (So./Evanston, Ill.; Evanston) – 5^th 200 free (1:48.54)
Mungo – 7^th 100 breast (1:03.79)
Hawley – 1^st 100 back (:54.07)
200-medley relay – 2^nd (1:38.35)
800-free relay – 4^th (7:25.50)

Women
Fox – 4^th 400 IM (4:53.49)
Erin Horsley (Jr./Allegany, N.Y.; Allegany Central) – 6^th 400 IM (5:01.61); 8^th 100 fly (1:04.76)
Heather Sayce (Jr./Nashua, N.H.; Nashua) – 14^th 400 IM (5:13.84)
Lauren Iman (Fr./Bel Air, Md.; Fallston) – 12^th 100 fly (1:07.36)
Ashley Klappholz (So./Cranford, N.J.; Cranford) – 14^th 100 fly (1:07.87)
Tracey Fausel (Jr./Burdett, N.Y.; Watkins Glen) – 15^th 100 fly (1:09.13)
Erin Patrick (Jr./Media, Pa.; Penncrest) – 12^th 200 free (2:05.14)
Amy Gatehouse (Fr./Bethel Park, Pa.; Bethel Park) – 5^th 100 breast (1:10.81)
Ashley Stumpp (Fr./Stroudsburg, Pa.; Stroudsburg) – 10^th 100 breast (1:14.84)
Nesma Karedis (So./Orefield, Pa.; Middletown) – 11^th 100 breast (1:14.89)
Amanda Scholwinski (Fr./Philsdelphia, Pa.; Saint Basil Acad.) – 14^th 100 breast (1:15.53)
Libby Green (Fr./Roaring Springs, Pa.; Central) – 16^th 100 breast (1:16.80)
Sykes – 3^rd 100 back (1:02.89)
Jess Amadore (Sr./Easton, Pa.; Wilson) – 9^th 100 back (1:04.22)
Karissa Brown (Jr./Chemung, N.Y.; Waverly) – 11^th 100 back (1:04.81)
200-medley relay – 5^th (1:55.74)
800-free relay – 5^th (8:22.19)