BALTIMORE, Md. - Sophomore Gwyn Fox (Altoona, Pa. / Altoona Area), junior Megan Lonergan (York, Pa. / York Suburban), sophomore Drew Degnan (Elmira, N.Y. / Elmira) and first-year Sean Martinez (Willow Grove, Pa. / Upper Moreland) set personal-best times in their individual events on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Mangione Aquatic Center on Loyola University's campus, helping lead the Lycoming College swimming teams to over 20 personal records this weekend at the Landmark Conference Championships.
Sophomore Londyn Snyder (Halifax, Pa. / Halifax Area) swam the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:50.16. Snyder returned for the 200-yard butterfly consolation final with a 2:53.41 finish, earning her 12th place in the event.
Sophomores Megan Klansek (Hanover, Pa. / Southwestern) and Anasten Holbrook (Parker, Colo. / Colorado Early Colleges-Douglas County) both competed in the 200-yard backstroke. Klansek recorded a time of 2:41.30, and Holbrook followed up with a 3:11.04 finish, placing the swimmers in 13th and 14th place respectively. Both women qualified for the event consolation finals, where Klansek finished in 13th with a 2:39.19 and Holbrook recorded a 14th-place finish with a time of 2:50.78.
Fox swam in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries with a 58.39 finish, improving her previous personal record from the Electric City Invitational (58.96) by 0.57 seconds. Later in the day, Lonergan clocked a personal-best 20:22.70 in the 1650-yard freestyle.
In the 200-yard breaststroke, first-year Madison Robbins (Wellsboro, Pa. / Wellsboro Area) recorded a 2:54.58 finish.
The Warrior women's team of Fox, Robbins, Klansek and Lonergan clocked a 4:06.36 finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, placing ninth in the event.
For the men, first-year Sean Martinez (Willow Grove, Pa. / Upper Moreland) posted a personal-best 18:58.05 in the 1650-yard freestyle, earning a 17th-place finish.
Degnan led the Warriors in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.96, setting a personal record by 0.11 seconds. Senior Brian Hulsey (Annapolis, Md. / Annapolis Area Christian) followed in the 100-yard freestyle with a 1:01.24 finish, and sophomore Tyler Bronson (Endicott, N.Y. / Union-Endicott) rounded out Lycoming's competitors in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 1:14.10.
The relay squad of Martinez, Degnan, Bronson and Hulsey finished the 400-yard freestyle relay with a ninth-place finish and a 3:54.15 time.
Over the four-day Landmark Conference Championships, three swimmers set three personal-best times. Fox notched personal records in the 200-yard freestyle (2:08.96), the 500-yard freestyle (5:52.18) and the 100-yard freestyle (58.39). Martinez secured personal bests in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.04), the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.79) and the 1650-yard freestyle (18:58.05). Degnan also notched a personal best in the 100-yard butterfly (56.46), the 50-yard freestyle (23.24) and the 100-yard freestyle (50.96).
Four swimmers — Klansek, Robbins, Lonergan and Bronson — finished with two new personal-best times. For the women, Klansek earned two personal-best times in the 100-yard backstroke (1:11.64) and the 50-yard freestyle (27.91), and Robbins finished with a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.45) and the 50-yard freestyle (27.33). Lonergan swam a personal-best finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:49.12) and the 1650-yard freestyle (20:22.70). On the men's side, Bronson set personal bests in the 200-yard freestyle (2:38.98) and the 50-yard freestyle (31.59).
Four Warriors also broke a personal-best time in events over the weekend. Among the Warrior women, Holbrook set a personal record in the 100-yard backstroke (1:17.18) and Snyder swam a best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:18.05). Hulsey also set a personal-record time in the 50-yard freestyle (25.92).
The Warrior women finished in 10th place at the championships and the men placed ninth.
Women's Agate
- Scranton, 825; 2. Catholic, 721; 3. Drew, 494; 4. Susquehanna, 348; 5. Elizabethtown, 276; 6. Juniata, 146; 7. Goucher, 133; 8. Moravian, 105; 9. Wilkes, 94; 10. Lycoming, 55.
200 Back: Tara Wiarda (Catholic), 57.73; 13. Megan Klansek, 2:41.30; 14. Anasten Holbrook, 3:11.04. 100 Free: Kyra Corgman (Drew), 53.38; 21. Gwyn Fox, 58.39. 200 Breast: Bella Mugno (Catholic), 2:24.35; 20. Maddi Robbins, 2:54.58. 200 Fly: Molly Foltz (Catholic), 2:10.77; 12. Londyn Snyder, 2:50.16. 1,650 Free: Ava Snyder (Catholic), 17:49.38; Megan Lonergan, 20:22.70. 400 Free Relay: Catholic, 3:35.13; 9. Lycoming, 4:06.36.
Men's Agate
- Catholic, 840.5; 2. Scranton, 719.5; 3. Drew, 641; 4. Elizabethtown, 292; 5. Susquehanna, 200; 6. Wilkes, 125; 7. Juniata, 119; 8. Goucher, 95; 9. Lycoming, 70; 10. Moravian, 8.
200 Back: Teddy Tsakumis (Catholic), 1:53.09. 100 Free: Nicholas Heinio-Widell (Drew), 44.46; 19. Drew Degnan, 50.94; 34. Brian Hulsey, 1:01.24; 25. Tyler Bronson, 1:14.10. 200 Breast: Hunor Harsanyl (Drew), 2:04.22. 200 Fly: Kyle Talerico (Drew), 1:52.16. 1,650 Free: Sean Kelty (Catholic), 16:05.36; 17. Sean Martinez, 18:58.05. 400 Free Relay: Drew, 3:05.58; 9. Lycoming 'A', 3:54.15.
