WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – First-year Carter Branigan (Lansdowne, Pa./Commonwealth Charter) posted school-record breaking times in the 100- and 400-yard individual medleys to lead the Lycoming College swimming teams during the second day of the virtual Middle Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday night, April 17, at Lamade Gym Natatorium.
 
Branigan topped Chris Dempsey's 400-yard individual medley mark of 4:20.70 set in 2006 in the first individual event of the night, posting a 4:17.48 to knock the mark off. In a time trial at the end of the night, he posted a time of 56.08 in the 100-yard individual medley to knock off Andrew Canavan's school record of 56.36 set in 2017 and pool record of 59.11 set the same year.
 
Final results from the 13-team event will be available on gomacsports.com when they are compiled.
 
The Warriors posted a strong time of 1:42.45 in the 200-yard medley relay with the team of first-year C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban), sophomore William Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College), Branigan and first-year Brennan Warner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) and the 800-yard relay team of junior Jake Booth (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven), sophomore Caleb Reigle (Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern), sophomore Reilly Gluz (Syracuse, N.Y./Williston Northampton) and senior Brandon Vought (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg Area) posted a time of 7:50.28, with Booth coming close to knocking off his own 200-yard freestyle record with a 1:48.14 to kick off the race, coming up less than a second shy.
 
Booth posted a 55.12 and Zortman a 57.64 in the 100-yard backstroke and Marcinkowski had a 1:03.62 in the 100-yard breaststroke, just ahead of sophomore Matthew Michenfelder (East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown) and Warner, who finished in 1:06.40 and 1:06.43, respectively.
 
Gluz notched a 55.70 in the 100-yard butterfly and Vought led the way in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.93.
 
On the women's side, the Warriors also had several strong performances, led by senior Cara Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban), who notched a 2:01.84 in the 200-yard freestyle.
 
The 800-yard medley relay team of first-years Elisa DiNicola (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township), Ruth Kauffman (Sunrise, Fla./Homeschooled), Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) and Zortman notched an impressive 8:30.48. The 200-yard medley relay team of Kauffman, junior Devon Kaiser (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson), Chapman and first-year Sarah Loucks (Branchport, N.Y./Penn Yan) notched a time of 2:06.73.
 
DiNicola had an impressive 1:02.03 in the 100-yard butterfly with Chapman close behind (1:06.79). Kaiser finished in 1:16.40 in the 100-yard breaststroke and Kauffman added a 1:08.49 in the 100-yard backstroke.