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The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swimming teams had a busy weekend at the Landmark Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.

The women’s team placed sixth with a total of 208 points by Sunday, Feb. 16. The Catholic University of America took first with a total of 814.5.

Sophomore Marin Adams took the team’s best finish for the weekend. In the 200m butterfly, Adams touched the wall with a time of 2:18.71, placing fifth and making the best individual score for Etown.

Senior Sadie Hawkins placed ninth for the same event, finishing at 2:24.09.

For team relays, first-year Brooke Langowski, senior Sara Lingo, sophomore Robin Hill and Hawkins placed fifth in the 400m free relay with a time of 3:50.18.

The Blue Jays finished their season with an overall record of 5-6.

The men’s team took fifth place with 249 points.

On day two of the Conference, senior Casey Marshall made program history with a school record time of 50.38 in the 100m fly. Crushing his old record of 51.27, Marshall became the first male to win a Landmark Championship from Etown. He qualified with a third place finish in the preliminaries and walked away with the gold medal.

The Catholic University of America took the win for the men’s team as well with a total of 939 points.

First-year Kale Decker took the top individual finish on the last day with a time of 10:51.49 in the 1650m free.

The final relay of the weekend was the 400m free relay made up of Marshall, senior Brian Sylvestri and juniors Ryan Weber and Alex Pecher. The team placed fifth with a time of 3:19.73. The team wrapped up their 2020 season with an overall 4-6 record.

Both teams matched their best Landmark Conference Championship finishes.