WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Senior
Dan Woods (East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg North) won three individual events and senior
Alexia Follweiler (New Ringgold, Pa./Panther Valley) won two events to lead the Lycoming College swim teams to a Middle Atlantic Conference sweep of Arcadia on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Lamade Gym Natatorium. The men's team notched a 148-114 win and the women's squad added a 144-112 victory.
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Woods led the men's team, posting victories in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.75), the 100-yard freestyle (48.78) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.14) and he anchored the winning 200-yard freestyle relay (1:31.87) team that also included junior
Dan Apostolu (Springfield, Pa./Springfield), freshman
Charlie Pletz (Robesonia, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) and freshman
Eric Ahlberg (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe).
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Junior
Josh Thomas (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) also had two wins for the Warriors (5-3 overall, 5-3 MAC), posting a time of 2:02.89 in the 200-yard butterfly and 54.74 in the 100-yard butterfly. Pletz won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:10.89, Apostolu took the 50-yard freestyle in 22.99 and junior
Trevor Endler (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick) added a win in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.61).
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The 200-yard medley team of freshman
Andrew Canavan (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell), Endler, Thomas and Apostolu also notched a winning time of 1:41.33.
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Eric Lam and Matthew Morano led the Knights (5-4 overall, 4-4 MAC) with two individual wins each.
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Follweiler won all three of her races on Senior Day to lead the women's team to their 144-112 win, as she notched victories in the 200-yard butterfly (2:33.47), the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.86) and served on the third leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay (2:00.56) team along with senior
BethAnn Schwoyer (Williamsport, Pa./Home-schooled), junior
Jilly Flynn (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) and senior
Brigid Clark (Wyndmoor, Pa./Springfield).
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Clark also had a great Senior Day, winning the 200-yard freestyle (2:07.15), the 50-yard freestyle (27.11) and finishing second in the 100-yard freestyle. Flynn added two individual wins for the Warriors (5-3 overall, 5-3 MAC), as she posted wins in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.42) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:50.68) in her second meet of the season after returning from a semester abroad.
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Sophomore
Jess Wimmer (Souderton, Pa./Souderton Area) added a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 12:17.95 and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of sophomore
Madison Walmer (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata), junior
Tenninger Kellenbarger (Encitas, Calif./LaCosta Canyon), sophomore
Morgan Black (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) and Schwoyer posted a time of 1:50.74 to earn a win.
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Whitney Boeckel and Lillie Curtis led the Knights (4-5 overall, 3-5 MAC) with two individual wins each.
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Both programs clinched non-losing dual-meet seasons for the 14
th straight season under head coach
Jerry Hammaker, as both are two meets above .500 with two meets remaining.
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During the meet, the Warriors honored the program's nine seniors – Clark, Follweiler,
Emily Grusholt (Mechanicsville, Md./Chopticon),
Danielle Loiseau (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield), Schwoyer,
T.J. Guminski (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham),
Kyle Petchock (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery),
Aaron Slagle (Waynesburg, Ohio/Sandy Valley) and Woods.
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The Warriors get back in the pool when they head to the Wilkes-Barre Catholic Youth Center for a double-dual with King's and FDU-Florham on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m.
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