Saturday, Oct. 27, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams defeated Landmark Conference opponent Goucher College on the road in the Jays’ first dual meet of the season.
First-year Robin Hill finished first in both of her individual events of the meet, the 1000-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. Hill finished the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:48.78, beating the second place Goucher finisher by over one minute. She out-touched Goucher senior Ila Jackson by two seconds in the 100-yard butterfly for her second win of the afternoon.
Junior Sara Lingo also had two first place finishes for Etown in the 200-yard IM and 100-yard backstroke. She finished the 200-yard IM in 2:24.29. The Jays swept the top three in the 200-yard IM with Lingo leading the way in 2:24.29 and first-year Marin Adams and junior Hope Sury taking second and third respectively. Lingo finished the 100-yard backstroke in 1:06.82, four seconds ahead of Goucher first-year Hallie Stewart.
The Jays’ other three individual wins of the afternoon were in the 100- and 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke. Senior Erika Cole was the only swimmer to finish the 100 free in under 1:00, winning the event in 59.88. Adams won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:44.91 and the Jays swept the top three in the 100-yard breaststroke, led by senior Maddie Lasko. Sophomores Abigail Mehring and Caroline Hill rounded out the top three, finishing within three seconds of Lasko.
The women’s team split their two relays, finishing in second place in the 200-yard medley, then coming back at the end of the meet to win the 200-yard freestyle relay, ending the meet with a final score of 137-68.
The men’s team also had a successful afternoon, winning nine of their 11 events of the meet, and sweeping the top three in five of them. Junior Casey Marshall and Senior Guillaume Gouronc won both of their individual events. Marshall took first in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle and Gouronc won the 200-yard IM and 100-yard breaststroke.
First-year Alex Patterson finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle, 25 seconds ahead of Goucher was junior Jacy Macconvery. Senior Tommy Kuhn also had an individual win for the Jays in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing with a time of 56.53. The Jays final individual win of the meet was from sophomore Alex Pecher in the 100-yard backstroke. Pecher finished in 55.18, one and a half seconds ahead of senior Nick Petrella.
Etown also won both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. The men’s team finished the meet with a final score of 149-47.
The Jays will be back home in Alumni Pool for another Landmark Conference match up against The Catholic University of America next Saturday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.
