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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Saturday, December 8, 2007

Elizabethtown College Downed by Susquehanna

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's men's and womens's swimming teams were defeated at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon by scores of 115-68 (men) and 112-93 (women).

For the women, junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/ Conrad Weiser) and sophomore Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) each won an event, Brizek was victorious in the 200IM (2:22.68) and Riley won the 100 free (57.99).

Blue Jay women were also first in the 200 medlay relay, Riley, junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown), Brizek, and first year student Courtney Kelly (Guilford, CT/Guilford) (2:00.92).

For the men, junior Chris Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) was the lone winner as he captured the 500 freestyle in 5:05.26.

The Blue Jay swimming teams will be on winter break, and their next event is at Albright College on January 12, 2008.

Men’s Team Score: Susquehanna 115, Elizabethtown 68
Men’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Rich Brinker/Derek Wolf/Joe Scheno/Jeff Kormanik (S), 1:41.77
1000 free: Alex Willcox (S), 10:35.31
200 free: Andrew Lyon (S), 1:52.71
50 free: Jeff Fornadley (S), 22.70
200 IM: Alex Thurstlic (S), 2:06.88
100 fly: Jeff Kormanik (S), 57.23
100 free: Jeff Fornadley (S), 47.91
100 back: Alex Thurstlic (S), 1:00.47
500 free: Chris Miller (E), 5:05.26
100 breast: Derek Wolf (S), 1:01.43
200 free relay: Jeff Kormanik/Joe Scheno/Alex Thurstlic/Jeff Fornadley (S), 1:30.56

Women's Team Score: Susquehanna 112, Elizabethtown 93
Women’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Lindsay Riley/Gretchen Geiger/Jenny Brizek/Courtney Kelly (E), 2:00.92
1000 free: Kelly Leighton (S), 11:52.07
200 free: Lauren Snyder (S), 2:07.74
50 free: Lindsey Moretti (S), 27.26
200 IM: Jenny Brizek (E), 2:22.68
100 fly: Melissa Gilpin (S), 1:06.26
100 free: Lindsay Riley (E), 57.99
100 back: Hayley Keenan (S), 1:05.27
500 free: Lauren Snyder (S), 5:44.43
100 breast: Lindsey Moretti (S), 1:13.23
200 free relay: Sarah Springer/Catherine Harris/Melissa Gilpin/Julie Yingling (S), 1:48.94

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Sunday, December 2, 2007

Elizabethtown Competes at Franklin & Marshall Invitational

LANCASTER, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's swimming teams competed at the two-day Franklin & Marshall College Invitational, with the men placing ninth with 111 points and the women taking eighth with 131 points.

For the Blue Jay men, junior Chris Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) was third in the 100 backstroke (55.02 seconds), eighth in the 200 backstroke (2:04.14) and 15th in the 500 freestyle (5:05.48) while sophomore Matt Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) was 15th in the 200 backstroke (2:10.10).

For the Etown women, sophomore Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) took fifth in the 50 freestyle (26.04 seconds), 13th in the 100 backstroke (1:06.26) and 15th in the 100 freestyle (57.13 seconds).

Junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) finished fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.40) and was ninth in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.12), junior Laura Quigley (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) was 11th in the 400 individual medley (5:31.41) and junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) was 16th in the 1650 freestyle (19:32.83).

Rowan University won the men's team title with 680 points, ahead of host Franklin & Marshall (662 points) and Kutztown University (520.5 points). Kutztown captured the women's championship with 686.5 points, followed by Rowan (548 points) and Franklin & Marshall (412 points).

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