Will Gillespie
Freshman Will Gillespie won three individual events for Lycoming against Wilkes.

Men's Swimming

Hammaker wins 100th with men against Wilkes

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Winning 13 of the 14 contested races, the Lycoming College men's swimming team enjoyed a 170-88 win over Wilkes University in Middle Atlantic Conference action on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lamade Gym Natatorium, helping 16th-year head coach Jerry Hammaker win his 100th career dual meet with the program. The women's team, meanwhile, won 10 races in a 168-84 triumph.
 
Already the school's men's and women's wins leader, Hammaker improved to 100-53 with the men's program and 106-51-1 with the women in his 16 years as head coach. Hammaker is also the school's longest-tenured swim coach.
 
The men were paced by sophomore Callan Jordan (Hurley, N.Y./Western Academy of Beijing), freshman Will Gillespie (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn)  and junior Andrew Canavan (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell), who each won three individual events. Jordan posted wins in the 100-yard backstroke (55.93), the 50-yard freestyle (23.01) and the 100-yard freestyle (52.06). Canavan won the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.41), the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.57) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.57). Gillespie posted wins in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:34.24) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.13)
 
Freshman Devyn Goda (Reading, Pa./Reading Area) won the 100- (1:02.54) and 200-yard (2:22.02) breaststrokes.
 
The Warriors (2-5 overall) also swept the relays, with the 200-yard medley team of Canavan, Goda, Gillespie and freshman Theo Gouskos (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) posting a time of 1:44.01 and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Goda, Gouskos, sophomore Jon Koller (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) and Jordan notching a time of 1:34.52 to touch out Wilkes (3-4 overall) by three-tenths of a second.
 
On the women's side, sophomore Emilie Kramer (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) once again led the team with three event wins, as Lycoming (2-5 overall) won 10 of the 14 races in their 168-84 win.
 
Kramer posted wins in the 100-yard breaststoke (1:11.68), the 100-yard freestyle (57.27) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:21.66).
  Senior Emily Jacobs (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) notched two wins, taking the 100-yard backstroke (1:10.46) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:33.35). Senior Madison Walmer (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) won the 200-yard freestyle (2:14.96), senior Morgan Black (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) took the 50-yard freestyle (26.82) and sophomore Scarlet Ojeda (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) won the 200-yard butterfly (2:36.77) to round out the team's individual wins.
 
The Warriors also swept the women's relays, with the team of freshman Michaela Thode (Anderson, Calif./West Valley), Kramer, Ojeda and Black posting a time of 2:01.43 to take the 200-yard medley and the team of Black, senior Jess Wimmer (Souderton, Pa/Souderton Area), Walmer and junior Brianna Zawadzki (Austin, Texas/Round Rock) winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:51.24.
 
The Warriors will now get set for final exams before the holiday break. After the break, the team will go on its training trip and resume its regular season on Saturday, Jan. 21, when they host FDU-Florham and King's at 1 p.m. in Lamade Gym Natatorium.
 
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Players Mentioned

Andrew Canavan

Andrew Canavan

6' 1"
Junior
Callan Jordan

Callan Jordan

6' 2"
Sophomore
Jon Koller

Jon Koller

5' 8"
Sophomore
Will Gillespie

Will Gillespie

5' 11"
First Year
Devyn Goda

Devyn Goda

5' 9"
First Year
Theo Gouskos

Theo Gouskos

5' 7"
First Year
Morgan Black

Morgan Black

5' 1"
Senior
Emily Jacobs

Emily Jacobs

5' 3"
Senior
Emilie Kramer

Emilie Kramer

5' 3"
Sophomore
Scarlet Ojeda

Scarlet Ojeda

5' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Andrew Canavan

Andrew Canavan

6' 1"
Junior
Callan Jordan

Callan Jordan

6' 2"
Sophomore
Jon Koller

Jon Koller

5' 8"
Sophomore
Will Gillespie

Will Gillespie

5' 11"
First Year
Devyn Goda

Devyn Goda

5' 9"
First Year
Theo Gouskos

Theo Gouskos

5' 7"
First Year
Morgan Black

Morgan Black

5' 1"
Senior
Emily Jacobs

Emily Jacobs

5' 3"
Senior
Emilie Kramer

Emilie Kramer

5' 3"
Sophomore
Scarlet Ojeda

Scarlet Ojeda

5' 1"
Sophomore