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Friday, Jan. 31 the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swimming teams competed in their True Blue event against Arcadia University. This event also doubled as senior night for both teams.

Seniors Brian Sylvestri and Casey Marshall were celebrated as the seniors of the men’s team.

The team took a 131-73 loss against the Knights. The 200m medley team took a first place win with a time of 1:42.38; the team consisted of Marshall, junior Alex Pecher, first-year Logan Miller and sophomore Sam Lopez.

Other first place finishes for Etown were from Marshall in the 50 fly with a time of 23.82 and Pecher in the 50 back at 25.55. First-year Kale Decker swam a season best in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:51.49, taking second place.

The seniors recognized for the women’s team were Sadie Hawkins, Sara Lingo and Sara Helt. The team took a 151-54 loss against Arcadia. The team didn’t get any first place finishes for the night, but they battled for multiple second place finishes.

The 200m medley relay team of Hawkins and first-years Olivia Eason, Zoe Bender and Brooke Langowski took second place with a time of 2:05.16.

In the 200m free, sophomore Marian Adams took second with a time of 2:10.86. Sophomore Robin Hill took another second place spot for Etown in the 50 fly with a time of 29.71.

Lingo took one of the last second place spots for Etown in the 50 back (31.41).

Both teams will be headed to the Landmark Conference Championships starting Friday, Feb. 14.