WARRIOR WOMEN AND MEN EACH IN FOURTH PLACE AFTER FIRST DAY OF CONFERENCE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Lycoming College swimming teams completed the first day of competition at the Middle Atlantic Conference Swimming Championships, Friday evening. Both the women and men sit in fourth place in the race for a team title.

Steve Hawley (Jr./New Cumberland, Pa.; Trinity) highlighted the meet for the Warrior men, winning the conference title in the 50-yard freestyle. Hawley entered the event as the top seed and did not disappoint finishing in 21.17 seconds to set a new conference record and also earn a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III National Championships.

Rebecca Fox (Sr./Middletown, N.J.; Middletown South) and Kelly Sykes (Jr./Willimantic, Conn.; Windham) highlighted the meet for Lycoming’s women. Fox placed second in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:15.39. Sykes swam the 100-yard backstroke as the opening leg of the 400 medley relay and broke her own school record of 1:01.8. The entire 400 medley relay team also set a new school record with a mark of 4:09.35. Members of the team were Sykes, Stephanie Kudrick (Fr./Coudersport, Pa.; Coudersport), Jen Konecni (So./Highland Mills, N.Y.; Monroe Woodbury), and Erin Patrick (Sr./Media, Pa.; Penncrest).

Competition will continue at 10 a.m. on Saturday.