The Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swimming teams took to the Landmark Conference Swimming & Diving Championships Friday, Feb. 15—Sunday, Feb. 17 at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center in Boyds, Md. The men’s team took fifth place, and the women’s team earned sixth place.
The men’s team walked away from the conference with four new school swim records. Junior Casey Marshall was part of three of them.
In the 200m freestyle relay, Etown placed fifth and received 28 points. The Blue Jay swimmers were sophomore Alex Pecher and seniors Sam Hirshburg, Tommy Kuhn and Nick Petrella. Their time was 1:28.33. This actually beat the previous record from last year set at 1:28.60.
In the 100m butterfly, Marshall placed fourth at 51.59 gaining Etown another 15 points. Pecher earned fourth place in the 100m backstroke with a time of 53.35.
Marshall made history when he finished the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:58.69, the first Blue Jay to finish under two minutes. He placed fifth.
Etown took fifth place in the 400m freestyle relay, with a team of Petrella, Marshall, Kuhn and Pecher in a time of 3:16.51, finishing out the Landmarks. The men finished the weekend with a total of 289 points. The team finished its season with an overall record 6-4.
The women’s team finished the weekend with a total of 203 points and placed the highest that Etown has placed since joining the Conference.
Junior Sara Lingo was the best performer for the Blue Jays. Lingo placed fourth with a time of 4:47.58 in the 400m individual medley. The 400m freestyle relay team consisting of Lingo, senior Cheryl Errichetti, senior Erika Cole and first-year Robin Hill placed seventh place with a time of 3:49.92.
In the 400m medley relay a team of Errichetti, Hill, Cole and junior Sadie Hawkins took fifth place at their fastest time of 1.44.31. The 200m medley relay placed eighth with a time of 2:01.65 with Cole, sophomore Julia Argentati, senior Maddie Lasko and first-year Marin Adams. The team ended the season with an overall record of 4-7.
The teams are now working with Etown’s special Olympics team as they prepare for their meet later this semester.
