Photo: Jocelyn Kline
Wednesday, Nov. 28, Elizabethtown College’s swim teams swam at Bryn Mawr College, where the men’s team took on Cabrini University and the women’s team swam against Bryn Mawr and Cabrini.
First-year Robin Hill was a standout for the Jays, winning the 100-yard butterfly by almost two seconds and earning a season and team best-time of 1:04.90. Hill also placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:49.11, making her one of two swimmers to finish in under 12 minutes.
Junior Sara Lingo also set a team-best time in the 200-yard freestyle in which she out-touched Bryn Mawr junior Becca Adlai-Gail for a second-place finish with a time of 2:08.01. Senior Erika Cole was the third swimmer to set a team-best time for the women, this time in the 50-yard freestyle. Cole finished in 26.35 behind Bryn Mawr senior Lillian Oyen-Ustad.
The Jays were defeated by Bryn Mawr and Cabrini. The final score was 117.5-86.5 against Bryn Mawr and 115-89 against Cabrini.
On the men’s side, sophomore Alex Pecher, junior Casey Marshall and seniors Guillaume Guoronc and Nick Petrella won the 200-yard medley relay, getting the Jays off to a strong start. Pecher also had a pair of individual wins for Etown in the 100-yard backstroke and 50-yard freestyle, in which he beat Cabrini sophomore Luke McDevitt with a time of 22.53.
Marshall earned an individual win for the Jays in the 200-yard freestyle and Guoronc took first in the 100-yard butterfly. The men ended the night the way they started it: with a winning relay. This time it was seniors Sam Hirshberg and Brian Sylvestri with first-year teammates Connor Casey and Alex Patterson who won the 200-yard freestyle relay by five seconds. The first-place relay finish earned the Jays the win over Cabrini 106-98.
The Jays were back in the pool Saturday, Dec. 1 for their home-opener against Landmark Conference opponent Juniata College.
Lingo led the way for the women with three individual wins in the 1000-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and 200 IM. Hill, senior Cheryl Errichetti and junior Sadie Hawkins swept the top three in the 100-yard freestyle. Hill won the race in 58.34 and was the only swimmer to finish in under one minute. She also dominated the 500-yard freestyle, finishing seven seconds ahead of Juniata first-year Kendra White.
Hawkins and Cole also had individual wins for the Jays in the 200- and 50- yard freestyle, respectively. Cole, Hill, Errichetti and first-year Julia Argentati earned a final win for the women’s team in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The women finished with a win 156-90 over the Eagles. The team is now 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Landmark Conference.
The men’s team swept the top three in half of their events of the afternoon including the 200-yard medley relay. Pecher had three individual wins for Etown in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. Sophomore Austin Dolaway finished first in the 200-yard freestyle and also placed second in the 100-yard freestyle and third in the 500-yard freestyle.
Guoronc won the 200-yard breaststroke by seven seconds ahead of senior teammate Ben Spangler. Guoronc and sophomore teammate J.D. Sterbens took second and third, respectively, behind first-year Juniata stand-out Hunter Mona in the 200-yard IM. Mona also won the 500- and 1000-yard freestyle.
Petrella, Marshall and Spangler also earned individual first-place finishes for the Jays. Kuhn, Marshall, Petrella and senior Tristan Koehler closed the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Jays’ 189-59 win over Juniata marks their third consecutive win, making them 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Landmark Conference.
The men’s and women’s teams will compete in another Landmark Conference matchup after winter break on the road against The University of Scranton.
