WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Sophomore
Emilie Kramer (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) posted two first-place finishes and a second to lead the Lycoming College swim teams on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Lamade Gym Natatorium, as both teams split a Middle Atlantic Conference double-dual, with both posting wins over FDU-Florham and falling to King's (Pa.).
Kramer's wins in the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.83) and the 50-yard freestyle (26.40) were the team's lone individual race wins, but it was enough to get Lycoming (3-6 overall, 3-5 MAC) past FDU-Florham (0-13 overall, 0-8 MAC), 136-51. King's posted a 122-79 win thanks to wins in seven races.
Kramer finished second to King's Kirsten Siwy in the 100-yard breaststroke, but she still posted a season-best 1:11.48.
Lycoming's women also finished second in the 200-yard medley relay, with the team of freshman
Michaela Thode (Anderson, Calif./West Valley), senior
Madison Walmer (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata), junior
Nina McGahey (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and junior
Brianna Zawadzki (Austin, Texas/Round Rock) posted a time of 2:07.80 and the 200-yard freestyle relay, with the squad of Thode, McGahey, sophomore
Scarlet Ojeda (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) and sophomore
Rebecca Donohue (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) notching a time of 1:56.86.
Senior
Morgan Black (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) took second in the 100-yard freestyle (58.57) and Donohue took second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:55.87).
On the men's side, sophomore
Callan Jordan (Hurley, N.Y./Western Academy of Beijing) and freshman
Devyn Goda (Reading, Pa./Reading) each had dominating performances in individual wins, helping the team to a 143-48 win over FDU-Florham, but King's won nine individual events in a 127-73 win over Lycoming.
Jordan broke away from the field in the 100-yard backstroke, winning by more than five seconds in 56.49. Goda was just as impressive in the 100-yard breaststroke, posting a 1:01.04 to also win by five seconds.
Junior
Andrew Canavan (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:16.13), 400-yard individual medley (4:42.50) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:18.72).
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of sophomore
Jon Koller (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest), freshman
Theo Gouskos (Easton, Pa./Easton Area), sophomore
Michael Panczyzyn (Linden, Pa./Jersey Shore) and Jordan also took second in 1:35.79.
The Warriors will get back in the water one more time in the regular season, heading to Lebanon Valley for a 2 p.m. dual meet on Sunday, Jan. 22.