WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Sophomore Jake Booth (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) led the Lycoming College swim teams with a win in the 200-yard backstroke to highlight the second day of the Diamond City Invitational at the Wilkes-Barre Catholic Youth Center on Sunday, Nov. 24.
 
Kicking off the day, Booth posted a time of 1:58.81 to touch out Matt Mills of Scranton by four-tenths of a second. Junior Dominick Berardelli (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville) also had a strong performance in the event, finishing eighth in 2:10.91.
 
The women's team also had several strong performances, paced by junior Cara Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban), who finished second in the 100-yard freestyle in 55.66 and freshman Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington), who finished third in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:37.64, and junior Mikayla Wright (Danville, Pa./Danville Area), who took fifth in the breaststroke in 2:39.56. The team also continued its strong performances in relays, with the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Brown, sophomore Devon Kaiser (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson), senior Elena Pikounis (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) and Zortman taking third in 3:52.23.
 
The Warrior men also scored a top 10 performance in the 1,650-yard freestyle, where junior Brandon Vought (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) posted a time of 18:16.08. Freshman William Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College) finished 11^th in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:33.48, senior Will Gillespie (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) took 14^th in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:21.27 and freshman Caleb Reigle (Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) added points in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 20:46.97.
 
The women also got a top-10 performance from Pikounis, who took ninth in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:30.99. Kaiser earned points in the 200-yard breaststroke, taking 13^th in 2:45.74.
 
Albright took the men's title with 1,217.5 points, while Lycoming took eighth with 436. Scranton won the women's title with 1,463.5 points while Lycoming took ninth with 528 points.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Saturday, Dec. 7, when they host Wilkes in a Middle Atlantic Conference dual meet at 1 p.m. in Lamade Gym Natatorium.
 
Meet Agate
Men's Results
1. Albright, 1217.5; 2. SUNY Oneonta, 1116.5; 3. Scranton, 1107; 4. Wilkes, 873.5; 5. King's (Pa.), 840.5;  6. Cabrini, 809.5; 7. Hood, 579; 8. Lycoming, 436; 9. Mount Saint Mary, 309; 10. Marywood, 270.5; 11. Stevenson, 50.  
200 Back: Jake Booth (LC), 1:58.81; 8. Dom Berardelli (LC), 2:10.91; 100 Free: Billy Coddington (OS), 48.91; 23. Matthew Michenfelder (LC), 53.73; 200 Breast: Marc Consiglio (CU), 2:17.11; 11. William Marcinkowski (LC), 2:33.48; 200 Fly: Robert Kohlus (MSMC), 2:02.37; 14. Will Gillespie (LC), 2:21.27; 400 Free Relay: Albright 'A', 3:19.66; 11. Lycoming 'A', 3:32.09; 1650 Free: Jared Stephan (KC), 16:58.59; 7. Brandon Vought (LC), 18:16.08; 16. Caleb Reigle (LC), 20:46.97.
 
Women's Results
1. Scranton, 1463.5; 2. King's (Pa.), 1343.5; 3. SUNY Oneonta, 800   4. Hood, 648; 5. Wilkes, 636; 6. Marywood, 633; 7. Albright, 610; 8. Cabrini, 605; 9. Lycoming, 528; 10. Mount Saint Mary, 374; 11. Stevenson, 221.
200 Back: Noelle Pedersen (KC), 2:14.96; 100 Free: Lauren Byrne (US), 54.73; 2. Cara Zortman (LC), 55.66; 200 Breast: Tara McCloskey (CU), 2:31.13; 3. Katherine Brown (LC), 2:37.64; 5. Mikayla Wright (LC), 2:39.56; 13. Devon Kaiser (LC), 2:45.74; 200 Fly: Rachel Woomer (KC), 2:09.82; 9. Elena Pikounis (LC), 2:30.99; 400 Free Relay: Scranton 'A', 3:45.24; 3. Lycoming 'A', 3:52.23; 1650 Free: Alexa Crossgrove (WU), 19:00.31.