LYCOMING PLACES 4^TH AND 5^TH AT MAC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

SCRANTON, Pa. – The 2001 Middle Atlantic Conference Swimming Championships came to a close Sunday afternoon at the University of Scranton. Lycoming placed fourth in the eight-team men’s field and fifth in the 11-team women’s field. Widener University was the men’s champion and Albright College was the women’s champion.

Andrea Rapach (So./Pittsford, NY; Mendon) broke her second school record of the championships, swimming a :55.38 in the preliminaries of the 100-yard freestyle. She went on to finish second in the event, swimming a :55.42 in the finals.

For the men’s team, A.J. LeViere (Jr./Pittsburgh; Monsignor Bonner) was the top performer, finishing second in the 100-yard freestyle. His time was :49.09. Freshman Chris DeZago (Sparkill, NY; Tappen Zee) also recorded a top-six finish, placing fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle. DeZago recorded a time of 17:38.19. 

Complete list of Lycoming place winners:

Women
Rapach – 2^nd 100-yard freestyle (:55.42)
Karen Turpin (Fr./West Windsor, NJ; Princeton) – 7^th 200-yard butterfly (2:25.90)
Lindsay Fahey (Fr./Rochester, NY; Greece Athena) – 8^th 1650-yard freestyle (19:26.42)
Jess Amadore (Fr./Easton; Wilson) – 8^th 100-yard freestyle (:56.67)
Kristen Campbell (So./Camp Hill; Cedar Cliff) – 8^th 200-yard breaststroke (2:41.45)
Heather Babbony (Sr./Pottstown; Owen J. Roberts) – 12^th 200-yard butterfly (2:30.81)

Men
LeViere – 2^nd 100-yard freestyle (:49.09)
C. DeZago – 5^th 1650-yard freestyle (17:38.19)
Rob Neil (Fr./Dallas; Dallas) – 7^th 200-yard butterfly (2:09.57)
Chris Rager (Jr./Camp Hill; Cumberland Valley) – 9^th 100-yard freestyle (:50.78)
David Shiner (Sr./Camp Hill; Cumberland Valley) – 10^th 100-yard freestyle (:50.85)
Phil Zimmerman (So./Tamaqua; Tamaqua) – 11^th 1650-yard freestyle (18:10.20)
David DeZago (Fr./Sparkill, NY; Tappen Zee) – 11^th 200-yard backstroke (2:14.31)
Matt Thompson (So./Canisteo, NY; Canisteo Central) – 12^th 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.41)