Warriors Taste Success on the First Day of MACs

WILKES BARRE, Pa.—On the first day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, Lycoming’s swim teams enjoyed success, especially in the relays.

In the women’s 200-yard freestyle relay, Lycoming gained its highest finish of the day. Coming in fourth was a team of Stephanie Conrad, Amanda Scholwinski, Jess Gough and Caroline LeHota, that shaved two seconds off of their seed time. The men’s 200-yard free team, Brandon Good, Sean Berrier, John Dougherty and Sean Houser placed sixth.

Sophomore Milvana Ban placed ninth in the individual 500-yard freestyle, while freshman Dougherty and senior Chris Dempsey took 11^th and 12^th on the men’s side. In the women’s 220-yard intermediate, Jessie Gallagher and Amy Gatehouse placed 12 and 13 respectively, while Brian Fausel was 16^th for the men.

In the 50-yard freestyle sprint, Lady Warrior freshman Caroline LeHota rose to a 6^th place finish, less than a second off of the top place. Gough and Scholwinski took 10^th and 12^th. For the men, freshman Sean Houser took sixth and sophomore Brandon Good 16^th.

The 400-yard medley was the final event of night one. Lycoming’s women’s team of Nicole Zoller, Amy Gatehouse, Jessie Gallagher and Amanda Scholwinski grabbed sixth place. Meanwhile, Houser, Dempsey, Fausel and Dougherty also took sixth for the men.

On day two, look for Ban and Dempsey to excel in the 400-yard IM, while Fausel looks to shock the competition in his strong category, the 100-yard butterfly. Dougherty also hopes to step up in the 200-yard freestyle.