YORK, Pa. – Nearly four seconds ahead of her competition with a time of 1:03.88, junior Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington) set a new Middle Atlantic Conference Championships record in the 100-yard breaststroke and secured a NCAA Division III 'B' cut, to win the Lycoming College women's swim teams first MAC title in 11 years to highlight the third day of the MAC Championships on Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Graham Aquatic Center.
 
Brown's win is the first women's swimming individual title since Stacy Flick won the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke in 2011. She broke her own school record of 1:04.68 that she set at the Diamond City Invitational in November and also broke the MAC Championships record of 1:04.00 flat set in 2021 by Marisa Krauss. Her 1:03.88 is the 13^th-fastest time in Division III this year and well below the NCAA 2020 invite time of 1:04.33.
 
"I went out in prelims and I was really unhappy with the swim," Brown said. "I was hoping to be under the 1:05.00 mark. I used that in my swim tonight and it fueled it a little bit. I went out and swam my race and it turned out really well. It's awesome. I am so happy right now."
 
Sophomore Carter Branigan (Lansdown, Pa./Commonwealth Charter) also set a new school record as he swam a 1:55.83 in the 200-yard butterfly preliminaries, breaking his own mark of 1:57.16 that he set at the 2021 virtual MAC Championships. In the 200-yard butterfly finals, Branigan placed fourth with a time of 1:58.90. He was joined in the scoring by junior Reilly Gluz (Syracuse, N.Y./Williston Northampton), who placed 13^th at 2:05.31.
 
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Branigan, sophomore C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban), first-year Noah Vivian (Barto, Pa./Boyertown), and senior Jake Booth (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) also set a school-record, Lycoming's sixth of the championship, as it placed seventh with a time of 7:19.51.
 
In the 100-yard backstroke, Zortman placed 16^th with a time of 57.55. Junior Will Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College) clocked a 1:01.02 in the 100-yard breaststroke to take 12^th and sophomore Eliot Keith (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) clocked a 1:02.77 for 22^nd.
 
For the women, sophomore Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) placed 17^th with a 2:29.67 in the 200-yard butterfly and senior Devon Kaiser (Cinnaminson, Pa./Cinnaminson) swam a 1:13.78 in the 100-yard breaststroke to placed 16^th.
 
The Warriors wrap up the MAC Championships on Sunday, Feb.13, with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
 
Men: 1. Stevens 1046 2. Widener 734 3. York 677 4. Arcadia 668 5. Misericordia 521.5 6. Messiah 482 7. Hood 440.5 8. Lycoming 382 9. King's 381 10. Albright 351 11. Wilkes 216 12. Lebanon Valley 189 13. FDU-Florham 182 14. Stevenson 170.
200 Fly: Edward Platonov (SIT), 1:53.41, 4. Carter Branigan (LC), 1:58.90, 13. Reilly Gluz (LC), 2:05.31; 100 Back: Ali Kolenovic (SIT), 49.79, 16. C.J. Zortman (LC), 57.55; 100 Breast: George Wade (AU), 56.80, 12. Will Marcinkowski (LC), 1:01.02, 22. Eliot Keith (LC), 1:02.77; 800 Free Relay: Stevens, 6:58.30, 8. Lycoming, 7:19.51.
 
Women: 1. Messiah 964.5 2. Stevens 814 3. Widener 736 4. Misericordia 688.5 5. Arcadia 553 6. Albright 458 7. York 412 8. FDU-Florham 372 9. King's 275 10. Lebanon Valley 269. 11. Lycoming 207 12. Hood 205 13. Stevenson 171 14. Wilkes 6.
200 Fly: Heather Maclachlan (SIT), 2:11.14, 17. Courtney Chapman (LC), 2:29.67; 100 Back: Mia Ruggiero (WID), 57.41; 100 Breast: Katherine Brown (LC), 1:03.88, 16. Devon Kaiser (LC), 1:13.78; 800 Free Relay: Messiah, 7:54.74.