WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Lycoming College swim teams won their fourth dual meet of the week on Sunday, Jan. 18, defeating Ursinus on both the men’s and women’s side.
In a close meet on both sides, the Lycoming men earned a 112-90 win and the women earned a 107.5-97.5 win. The final scores were the closest in a week that saw the Warriors swim in three separate meets against four opponents.
The meet opened with a Lycoming sweep of the 200-yard medley relays. On the women’s side, Stephanie Conrad, Stacy Flick, Jessie Gallagher and Caroline LeHota finished in 1:56.70, winning by less than a second over the squad from Ursinus. On the men’s side, Mark Fries, Joe Andrie, Brian Fausel and Chad Lemmons were victorious by just one-tenth of a second, finishing in 1:44.58 to Ursinus’ 1:44.68.
Ursinus battled back with wins on both sides of the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle.
The Warriors jumped back out in front with wins on both sides of the 50-yard freestyle, with Flick claiming the women’s top-spot with a time of 25.79 seconds and Fries claiming the men’s race in 23.19 seconds.
Milvana Ban claimed the top-spot in the 200-yard IM with a season-best performance of 2:21.60.
Ursinus swept the first-place position in the 100-yard butterfly.
John Dougherty picked up the next win for the Lycoming men, finishing the 100-yard freestyle in 51.38 seconds.
Nichole Zoller picked up her first win of the day in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:03.81.
The Bears swept the 500-yard freestyle event before Flick put the Lady Warriors back on top with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.08.
The Warriors closed out the meet with a sweep of the 200-yard freestyle relay. The women’s squad of LeHota, Danielle Mulvey, Zoller and Conrad finished in a time of 1:46.75, defeating Ursinus’ team that finished in 1:47.46. The men’s team of Lemmons, Brandon Good, Sean Berrier and Dougherty won with a time of 1:33.77, nearly three seconds ahead of the Ursinus men.
“It was really a close meet all day,” said head coach Jerry Hammaker. “I grew up with their head coach, which made it even more fun. I was really impressed with Milvana’s (Ban) performance in the IM and how she was able to come back in the fly and the back. On the men’s side, Mark Fries really had a 50 and 100 back.”
The Warriors will catch their breath now after a tremendous week in the pool, returning to action next Saturday, Jan. 24, as host to Arcadia. That meet, which will also be senior day for the Lycoming seniors, is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
