YORK, Pa. – The Lycoming College women's 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay teams each earned a spot on the podium to highlight the swimming teams' second day of the MAC Championships on Friday, Feb. 10, at the York YMCA Aquatic Club.
 
The women finished the day in 10^th-place with 190 points, while Messiah leads the event with 728. The men are in 11^th after two days with 166 points while Stevens leads the event with 826.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of senior Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington), junior Cathryn Brought (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area), junior Elisa DiNicola (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township) and Augustus Wood (Herndon, Va./Herndon) swam a season-best 1:42.48 for a seventh-place finish, the fifth-fastest in program history.
 
Brown, Brought, junior Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent), and first-year Megan Lonergan (York, Pa./York Suburban) combined for the 400-medley, swimming a 4:21.84 for an eighth-place finish. Brown swam 29.33 and 34.41 splits in the breaststroke to catch Lebanon Valley's Emily Beard early in the race to give the Warriors the lead in the event's third heat.
 
With a 10^th-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay, junior C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban), Will Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College), sophomore Noah Vivian (Barto, Pa./Boyertown), and junior Eliot Keith (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) swam a 3:47.30, a season-best. The 200-yard freestyle relay of senior Reilly Gluz (Syracuse, N.Y./Williston Northampton), Marcinkowski, senior Matthew Michenfelder (East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown) and senior Caleb Reigle (Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) finished 12^th in 1:37.46. The 'B' relay of Michenfelder, junior Brennan Warner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area), Gluz and Reigle also earned 14 team points in the 400-yard medley relay, finishing 22^nd in 4:00.47.
 
DiNicola had the highest individual-event finish for the Warriors, finishing 12^th in the 100-yard butterfly with a season-best time of 1:02.49.
 
Vivian also placed 20^th in the 100-yard butterfly, swimming a 54.65 in the 'C' final. Vivian swam a season-best 54.49 in the preliminaries.
 
Chapman (1:08.47) and Gluz (55.89) were positioned as alternates in the 100-yard butterfly.
 
Michenfelder and Reigle also swam the 400-yard individual medley, with Michenfelder swimming a 4:35.40 for 18^th, a personal-best, and Reigle finishing 22^nd at 5:31.53.
 
The Warriors return to the pool on Saturday, Feb. 11, for the third day of the MAC Championships with preliminaries at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m. in York, Pa. Conference champions in the 800-yard freestyle relay, the 200-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard breaststroke will be crowned.
 
Women: 1. Messiah, 728; 2. Stevens, 585; 3. Misericordia, 541; 4. Arcadia, 399; 5. Widener, 357; 6. York, 347; 7. FDU-Florham, 342; 8. Stevenson, 250; 9. Hood, 207; 10. Lycoming, 190; 11. Lebanon Valley, 183; 12. Albright, 165; 13. King's, 12.
200 Free Relay: Messiah – A, 1:38.12, 7. Lycoming, 1:42.48; 400 IM: Tamsin Formon (MIS), 4:44.31; 100 Fly: Natalia Brunetti (SIT), 57.06, 12. Elisa DiNicola (LC), 1:02.49; 200 Free: Laurel Gingrich (AC), 1:55.60; 400 Medley Relay: Messiah – A, 3:54.93, 8. Lycoming, 4:41.84.
 
Men: 1. Stevens, 826; 2. York, 530; 3. Misericordia, 483.5; 4. Messiah, 453; 5. Arcadia, 444; 6. Hood, 348; 7. Widener, 319; 8. Stevenson, 257; 9. FDU-Florham, 178; 10. Albright, 170; 11. Lycoming, 166; 12. Lebanon Valley, 154; 13. King's, 145.5; 14. Wilkes, 110.
200 Free Relay: York - A, 1:25.29, 12. Lycoming, 1:37.46; 400 IM: Jonus Gurski (MIS), 4:05.55, 18. Matthew Michenfelder (LC), 4:35.40, 22. Caleb Reigle (LC), 5:31.53; 100 Fly: Ian D'Angiolillo (SU), 50.76, 20. Noah Vivian (LC), 54.65; 200 Free: Edward Platonov (SIT), 1:41.28; 400 Medley Relay: Stevens – A, 3:25.49, 10. Lycoming – A, 3:47.30, 22. Lycoming – B, 4:00.47.