SCRANTON, Pa. - Sophomore Drew Degnan (Elmira, N.Y. / Elmira) and first-year Sean Martinez (Willow Grove, Pa. / Upper Moreland) each notched two first-place finishes individually and added two more first-place finishes together in relays to help lead the Lycoming College men's swimming team to a 64-56 win against SUNY Delhi in a double dual meet on Saturday morning, Dec. 7, at the Marywood University Aquatics Center. The women's team also beat SUNY Delhi, 128-11.
The host Pacers beat Lycoming 92-72 on the men's side and 182-51 on the women's side, as Lycoming's men improved to 1-7 overall and the women to 1-8.
Degnan notched first-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, finishing the freestyle with a time of 52.77 and the butterfly with a time of 59.51. Martinez also placed first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:58.89 and the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:32.12.
Senior Brian Hulsey (Annapolis, Md. / Annapolis Area Christian) finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:17.38 time.
The team of Martinez, sophomore Will Eberz (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), Degnan and Hulsey placed first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:58.15, and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Degnan, Martinez, Hulsey and Eberz won with a 1:41.32 finish to clinch the win over the Broncos, who touched in 1:42.48.
For the women, junior Megan Lonergan (York, Pa. / York Suburban) finished second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 12:31.81, and sophomore Londyn Snyder (Halifax, Pa. / Halifax Area) finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:33.48. Snyder also finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (1:17.32).
Sophomore Gwyn Fox (Altoona, Pa. / Altoona Area) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a 2:14.95 and she followed that with a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (6:07.89). First-year Madison Robbins (Wellsboro, Pa. / Wellsboro Area) (1:21.03) posted a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke within a second of the first-place finisher from Marywood. She also placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 2:56.06.
The Warriors gear up for final exams this week before they travel to Altoona, Pa., to compete against Penn St.-Altoona on Friday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m.
Women's Agate
Marywood 195, SUNY Delhi 9
Lycoming 128, SUNY Delhi 11
Marywood 182, Lycoming 51
200 Medley Relay: Marywood 'A', 2:05.99; 1000 Free: Emersen Gellert (MU), 12:16.58; 200 Free: Catelyn Lieser (MU), 2:11.95; 100 Back: Tori Sills (MU), 1:11.08; 100 Breast: Aubrey Mangan (MU), 1:21.01; 200 Fly: Sam Peck (MU), 2:33.48; 50 Free: Molly Englehardt (MU), 27.84; 100 Free: Catelyn Lieser (MU), 1:00.35; 200 Back: Molly Englhardt (MU), 2:34.28; 200 Breast: Aubrey Mangen (MU), 2:55.79; 500 Free: Emerson Gellert (MU), 5:52.23; 100 Fly: Sam Peck (MU), 1:07.33; 200 IM: Sam Peck (MU), 2:32.53; 200 Free Relay: Marywood 'A', 1:54.16.
Men's Agate
Marywood 100, SUNY Delhi 70
Lycoming 64, SUNY Delhi 56
Marywood 92, Lycoming 72
200 Medley Relay: Lycoming 'A', 1:58.15; 1000 Free: Alex McCarey (MU), 12:31.81; 200 Free: Sean Martinez (LC), 1:58.89; 100 Back: Alex Corcoran (MU), 1:07.09;100 Breast: Isaiah Eckman (DELHI), 1:13.57; 200 Fly: Nathan Grosvenor (MU), 2:30.53; 50 Free: Lorenzo Castro (DELHI), 24.74; 100 Free: Drew Degnan (LC), 52.77; 200 Back: Alex Corcoran (MU), 2:29.71; 200 Breast: Nathan Grosvenor (MU), 2:46.38; 500 Free: Sean Martinez (LC), 5:32.12; 100 Fly: Drew Degnan (LC), 59.51; 200 IM: Aaron Purdy (MU), 2:42.58; 200 Free Relay: Lycoming 'A', 1:41.32.
