WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Freshman swimmer Lindsey Hunsicker has been named Lycoming College’s Warrior of the Week for Feb. 15.
Hunsicker was honored with the Evanson Award as the Middle Atlantic Conference Female Swimmer of the Year. She broke two school records at the meet, helping the Lady Warriors capture the team title for the first time since 1997.
In the 500-yard freestyle, she won the race in a school record time of 5:18.44, besting the previous mark of 5:22.1 set in 2002. During day two of the championship meet, Hunsicker broke a 27-year old school record in the 100-yard butterfly, setting the mark at 59.63 in the preliminary round. She won the event in the finals in 1:00.15. She took first in the 200-yard butterfly, getting to the finish line in 2:14.76.
Hunsicker was a key performer in several of the relays as well. She was a member of the 400-yard medley relay, which took second and bested the school record with a time of 4:05.50. Hunsicker swam the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay, which reset the Lycoming record at 1:51.21. She was also a member of the record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay team, which took third in 8:17.67, taking down the previous mark set in 1995.
The Lady Warriors won the 2010 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with 616 team points. The championship title was the first of 10th year head coach Jerry Hammaker’s career.
Lycoming’s sports information office will announce a Warrior of the Week throughout the 2009-10 academic year. The athletes will be featured on the homepage of the athletics Web site at
athletics.lycoming.edu.
