WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – In the last meet of the regular season, junior
Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington) set two pool records and one school record to lead the Lycoming College women's swim team, which fell to Saint Vincent, 162-84 on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Lamade Gym. The men's team, led by senior
Jake Booth (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven), who won four events in his final home meet, posted a 161-80 win over the Bearcats.
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Brown clocked in a time of 1:05.16 in the 100-yard breaststroke, breaking her own pool record of 1:06.48 set earlier this season and just behind her fastest time of the season of 1:04.68 set at the Diamond City Invitational in Wilkes-Barre.
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In the 200-yard breaststroke, she toppled Jackie Zimmerman's (1998) pool record of 2:24.38 and Stacy Flick's (2010) 2:27.61 team record.
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Senior
Devon Kaiser (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:07.37. Sophomore
Elisa DiNicola (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township) won the 100-yard freestyle with a 57.49, and sophomore
Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) placed first in the 500-yard freestyle at 6:04. 24.
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The combined team of DiNicola, Brown, Chapman, and Kaiser won the 200-yard freestyle relay, clocking a 1:46.64.
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On the men's side, Booth and sophomore
Carter Branigan (Lansdowne, Pa./Commonwealth Charter) each took home three individual event wins to lead the way. Booth took the 200-yard freestyle at 1:50.98. He then won the 200-yard backstroke at 2:01.84, and his final win was in the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.50).
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Branigan's first win came in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:02.13. He had another win in the 100-yard butterfly at 56.11, and finally the 200-yard individual medley, posting a 2:08.00.
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Junior
Will Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College) took home a pair of wins, first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.68), and then the 200-yard version of the event (2:22.97). First-year
Noah Vivian (Barto, Pa./Boyertown) also won a pair, winning the 50-yard freestyle at 22.94, and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.60.
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The relay team of Branigan, Marcinkowksi, Vivian and sophomore
Eliot Keith (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:41.65, and the team of Vivian, Keith, Booth, and sophomore
C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban) took the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:32.75.
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The Warriors return to the pool on Thursday, Feb. 10, for the first day of the MAC Championships at 10 a.m. in York, Pa.
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Women: Saint Vincent 162, Lycoming 84
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200 Medley Relay: Saint Vincent 'A', 1:58.69; 1000 Free: Lauren Krecota (SVC), 11:52.60; 200 Free: Lauren Connors (SVC), 2:01.54; 100 Back:
Devon Kaiser (LC), 1:07.37; 100 Breast:
Katherine Brown (LC), 1:05.16; 200 Fly: Callysta Fontanazza (SVC), 2:35.68; 50 Free: Erica Steele (SVC), 25.41; 100 Free:
Elisa DiNicola (LC), 57.49; 200 Back: Erica Steele (SVC), 2:24.45; 200 Breast:
Katherine Brown (LC), 2:23.63; 500 Free:
Courtney Chapman (LC), 6:04.24; 100 Fly: Lauren Connors (SVC), 1:01.20; 200 IM: Callysta Fontanazza (SVC), 2:29.09; 200 Free Relay: Lycoming 'A', 1:46.64.
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Men: Lycoming 161, Saint Vincent 80
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200 Medley Relay: Lycoming 'A', 1:41.65; 1000 Free: Josh Ligus (SVC), 11:24.21; 200 Free:
Jake Booth (LC), 1:50.98; 100 Back: Kris Smith (SVC), 58.30; 100 Breast:
Will Marcinkowski (LC), 1:02.86; 200 Fly:
Carter Branigan (LC), 2:02.13; 50 Free:
Noah Vivian (LC), 22.94; 100 Free:
Noah Vivian (LC), 50.60; 200 Back:
Jake Booth (LC), 2:01.84; 200 Breast:
Will Marcinkowski (LC), 2:22.97; 500 Free:
Jake Booth (LC), 5:14.50; 100 Fly:
Carter Branigan (LC), 56.11; 200 IM:
Carter Branigan (LC), 2:08.00; 200 Free Relay: Lycoming 'A', 1:32.75.
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