YORK, Pa. – With a school-record-breaking 100-yard backstroke to open the 400-yard medley relay, sophomore
Callan Jordan (Hurley, N.Y./Western Academy of Beijing) led the Lycoming College swim teams on the second day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at the Graham Aquatic Center on Friday, Feb. 10.
Jordan posted a relay-opening split of 52.22, breaking the school-record of 52.76 set by Steve Hawley in 2005, helping the 400-yard medley relay squad to a seventh-place finish in 3:37.04, the fourth-fastest time in school history to earn Honorable Mention All-MAC honors.
The Warriors led the relay at the halfway point as freshman
Devyn Goda (Reading, Pa./Reading Area) posted a split of 57.84 in the breaststroke after Jordan's 100-yard backstroke effort started the race. Freshman
Will Gillespie (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) and junior
Andrew Canavan (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) finished off the race for the Warriors.
The Warrior women finished eighth to also earn honorable mention all-conference honors in the 400-yard medley relay, with the team of freshman
Michaela Thode (Anderson, Calif./West Valley), sophomore
Emilie Kramer (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area), freshman
Elena Pikounis (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) and senior
Morgan Black (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) posted a time of 4:27.87.
Canavan finished 12
th in the 200-yard individual medley to earn points for the team individually, as he finished in 2:01.72, the fourth-fastest time in school history. Kramer also earned points for the Warriors in the 200-yard individual medley, posting a time of 2:18.12.
The MAC Championships continue on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the start of preliminary qualifiers in five events before six championships will be contested starting at 6 p.m. at the Graham Aquatic Center.
MAC Championships Agate
Men's Results
1. Albright, 221; 2. Arcadia, 189; 3. Widener, 185; 8. Lycoming, 65. 400 Medley Relay: Widener, 3:28.61; 7. Lycoming, 3:37.04. 500 Free: Grant Fisher, Arcadia, 4:40.23; 24.
Will Gillespie, Lycoming, 5:07.12. 200 IM: Ken Richardson, Albright, 1:53.97; 12.
Andrew Canavan, Lycoming, 2:01.72. 50 Free: Ian Gaynor, Widener, 20.55; 19.
Callan Jordan, Lycoming, 22.33.
Women's Results
1. Messiah, 223; 2. Widener, 200; 3. Arcadia, 179; 8. Lycoming 64. 400 Medley Relay: Messiah, 3:57.83; 8. Lycoming, 4:27.87. 500 Free: Megan Hupp, Arcadia, 5:07.96; 36.
Rebecca Donohue, Lycoming, 5:56.78. 200 IM: Katie Wingert, Messiah, 2:07.90; 15.
Emilie Kramer, Lycoming, 2:18.12. 50 Free: Cassie Cotton, Messiah, 23.95; 23.
Morgan Black, Lycoming, 26.36.
