Lycoming Notches 11 Individual Victories                          Warriors face Elizabethtown and Washington & Jefferson

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.—The men’s and women’s swim teams showed the meet-to-meet improvement that head coach Jerry Hammaker is looking for when they visited Elizabethtown on Saturday. Although the women lost to Washington & Jefferson, they defeated Elizabethtown soundly. Meanwhile, the men fell by 20 points to Washington & Jefferson, but finished only three points behind Elizabethtown.

Of the 11 individual Warrior winners, only two were seniors. Chris Dempsey (Newtown, PA) and Amy Gatehouse (Bethel Park, PA) recorded wins in the 1000-yard freestyle, and 200-yard breaststroke respectively. The majority of Lycoming’s victories came from underclassmen, the start of a strong foundation for the future. John Dougherty (Mountain Top, PA), Amy Bentz (Elizabethtown, PA), Nichole Zoller (Colonia, NJ), Milvana Ban (Harrisburg, PA), Austin Johnstone (Woodbine, MD), Brian Fausel (Burdett, NY), Jessie Gallagher (Cheltenham, PA) and Caroline LeHota (Bellefonte, PA), each recorded first-place finishes for Lycoming.

In addition to winning an impressive amount of individual events, the Warriors were also able to record three relay wins. Zoller, Gatehouse, Gallagher and senior Jess Gough (Berwick, PA) succeeded in the women’s 400 medley relay, while a team consisting of Zoller, Gough, Holly Miller (Lykens, PA) and senior Amanda Scholwinski (Philadelphia, PA) won the 400 free relay. On the men’s side, Johnstone, Dougherty, Brandon Good (Clearfield, PA) and Sean Houser (Alexandria, VA) were victorious in the men’s 400 free relay.

“I’m anxious to see how things continue to improve with such young teams,” stated coach Hammaker, “we have a busy week going to Susquehanna tomorrow and then hosting Drew on Saturday.”  The meet at Susquehanna begins at 7:00 p.m., and the meet against Drew is slated to start at 1:00 p.m. at Lamade Gymnasium.