YORK, Pa. – Clocking a new record time of 1:46.22 in the 200-yard freestyle preliminaries, senior Jake Booth (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) broke his own school record in the event to highlight the Lycoming College men's and women's swim team's second day at the MAC Championships on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Graham Aquatic Center.
 
Booth bested his record of 1:47.30 set as a first-year at the 2019 MAC Championships by more than a second during preliminaries. Booth's 1:46.81 in the 200-freestyle finals was the second-fastest time in program history and helped him finish seventh. In the same event teammate sophomore C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban) placed 19^th at 1:51.03.
 
First-year Noah Vivian (Barto, Pa./Boyertown) placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly, the highest team placement of the day, clocking 53.57 – the fifth-fastest time in program history - and junior Reilly Gluz (Syracuse, N.Y./Williston Northampton) placed 11^th with a 54:34.
 
In the 400-yard individual medley, sophomore Carter Branigan (Lansdown, Pa./Commonwealth Charter) placed sixth with a time of 4:19.66, just behind his school record of 4:17.48 set in 2021, and junior Matthew Michenfelder (East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown) came in 17^th with a 4:38.24, dropping 11 seconds off his preliminary time.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay A-team of Vivian, Zortman, junior Will Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College), and sophomore Eliot Keith (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) placed 10^th at 1:30.43 and the B-team of Gluz, Michenfelder, Branigan and junior Caleb Reigle (Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) placed 24^th at 1:36.09. The 400-yard medley relay team of Zortman, Michenfelder, Gluz, and Reigle placed 22^nd at 3:54.30.
 
On the women's side, senior Devon Kaiser (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) placed 10^th in the 400-yard individual medley, clocking a 5:06.49 and in the 100-yard butterfly, sophomore Elisa DiNicola (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township) placed 12^th at 1:01.28.
 
The 200-freestyle relay team of Dinicola, Kaiser, junior Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington), and sophomore Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) placed seventh at 1:43.25. In the 400-yard medley relay, the women placed ninth at 4:14.76, as Brown posted a meet-best 1:04.29 split in the breaststroke portion to lead the team.
 
The Warriors return to the pool for the third day of the MAC Championships on Saturday, Feb. 12, with preliminaries set for 10 a.m. and finals set at 6 p.m.
 
Men: 1. Stevens 716 2. Widener 512 3. York 509 4. Arcadia 453 5. Misericordia 370 6. Messiah 341 7. Hood 331 8. Lycoming 267 9. King's 265 10. Albright 254 11. Wilkes 160 12. Lebanon Valley 152 13. Stevenson 148 14. FDU-Florham 132.
200 Free Relay: A-Stevens, 1:24.40, 10. A-Lycoming, 1:30.43, 24. B-Lycoming, 1:36.09; 400 IM: Jason Mongiovi (WID), 4:05.86, 6. Carter Branigan (LC), 4:19.66, 17. Matthew Michenfelder (LC), 4:38.24; 100 Fly: Darius Truong (SIT), 50.40, 5. Noah Vivian (LC), 53.57, 11. Reilly Gluz (LC), 54.34; 200 Free: Edward Platonov (SIT), 1:42.07, 7. Jake Booth (LC), 1:46.81, 19. C.J. Zortman (LC), 1:51.03; 400 Medley Relay: A-Stevens, 3:26.89, 22. Lycoming, 3:54.30
 
Women: 1. Messiah 662.5 2. Stevens 558 3. Widener 487 4. Misericordia 469.5 5. Arcadia 402 6. Albright 354 7. York 294 8. FDU-Florham 288 9. King's 209 10. Hood 200 11. Lebanon Valley 184 12. Lycoming 155 13. Stevenson 149.
200 Free Relay: A-Stevens, 1:39.47, 7. Lycoming, 1:43.25; 400 IM: Katelyn Boyce (MES), 4:46.93, 10. Devon Kaiser (LC), 5:06.49; 100 Fly: Mia Ruggiero (WID), 58.28, 12. Elisa DiNicola (LC), 1:01.78; 200 Free: Lauren Mock (MES), 1:57.95; 400 Medley Relay: A-Messiah, 4:00.97, 9. Lycoming, 4:14.76.