SELINGSGROVE, Pennsylvania, October 19. Susquehanna swimming hosted Goucher, Lebanon Valley, and Lycoming in the always-fun Schweikert Relays.
Susquehanna Press Release
The Susquehanna men’s swimming team put on an impressive showing at Saturday’s Schweikert Relays, winning seven of the nine events and taking second in the two others. Although the meet was not scored, the Crusaders would have finished in first in the four-team field that included Goucher, Lebanon Valley, and Lycoming.
The first annual Schweikert Relays, held in honor of late SU swimming coach George Edward “Ged” Schweikert III, featured non-traditional relays and served as a fundraiser for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). Schweikert passed away in 2008 after an eight-year battle with the cancer.
The team of Jourdan Stewart (Danbury, Conn./Danbury), Sam Calhoun (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg), Daniel Csakai (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom), and Duncan Frazier (Montgomery, Pa./Williamsport Area) kicked things off with a 3:20.01 first-place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay.
In the next event, the 3×100 yard backstroke relay, the trio of David Miller(Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca), Ben Morgan(Landenberg, Pa./Avon Grove), and Eric Lawrence (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) earned a win with a time of 2:47.90.
The Crusaders also won the 3×100 yard butterfly relay as Bill Crumrine (Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area), Lawrence, and Stewart finished in 2:45.21.
Miller, Csakai, Stewart, and Frazier later teamed up to win the 200 yard medley relay in 1:41.30 while Crumrine, Calhoun, and Lawrence finished first in the 3×500 yard freestyle relay (5:29.69).
In the 4x100IM relay, SU was again victorious as Lawrence, Crumrine, Frazier, and Calhoun placed first with a time of 3:53.66. In the last event of the day, the 200 yard freestyle relay, Miller, Stewart, Morgan, and Frazier concluded the relays with a 1:31.80 victory.
SU finished second to Goucher in the 3×100 yard breaststroke relay with Csakai, Calhoun, and Nicholas McDonald-Martell (Huntington, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran) touching in at 3:17.17.
Susquehanna also placed behind the Gophers in the 500 yard freestyle 50-100-150-200 relay as the foursome of Basil Mokhallalati (Glenmoore, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), Miller, Crumrine, and Tyler Patrick (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) finished in 4:26.06.
Saturday’s Schweikert Relays were unscored, but there is little mystery to who would have won if it was kept. Competing against Goucher, Lycoming, and Lebanon Valley, the Susquehanna women’s team claimed first in all nine events.
In the first event of the day, the 400 yard freestyle relay, the team of Jessica Jozefiak (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), Ashlee Wingarten (Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown), Kelsey Lessard, (Chestertown, Md./Queen Anne’s County), and Kyle Seaman (Moreland Hills, Ohio/Orange) took first in 3:50.29.
Erin McElwee (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area), Annie Bruxelles (Hockessin, Del./Sanford School), and Lexi Cole (Danville, Pa./Danville) followed up with a victory in 3×100 yard backstroke relay with a time of 3:08.49, nearly over 15 seconds ahead of the second-place team.
The team of Lindsey Vankirk (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills), Paige Wagner (Rising Sun, Md./Rising Sun), and Joann Butkus (Barnesville,Pa./Tamaqua Area) finished first in the 3×100 yard backstroke relay (3:41.04), while Weingarten, Jozefiak, and Avanti Banks (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) teamed up for a win in the 3×100 yard butterfly relay (3:10.80).
Banks, Cole, Seaman, and Vankirk earned their second victories with a win 500 Yard Freestyle 50-100-150-200 Relay in 5:02.39.
In the sixth event, the 200 yard medley relay, the foursome of McElwee, Butkus, Weingarten, and Bruxelles finished first, just ahead of teammates Michelle Skroupa (West Friendship, Md./Glenelg), Wagner, Madeline Toohey (Oradell, N.J./River Dell), and Liz Jones (Fleetwood, Pa./Fleetwood Area).
Cole, VanKirk, and Caroline Henderson (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) picked up a win in the 3×500 yard freestyle relay with a time of 5:51.41.
Dana Pontecorvo (New Providence, N.J./Mount St. Mary Academy), Lessard, Butkus, and Bruxelles won the 400IM relay (4:30.23) while Valerie Stearns (North Wales, Pa./North Penn), Lizzie Richart (Wyncote, Pa./Cheltenham), Jozefiak and Seaman concluded the day by claiming first in 200 yard freestyle relay in 1:47.35.
Goucher Press Release
Entries from Goucher finished in first place or were the runners-up in five of the nine events that were conducted today at the Schweikert Relays.
The 500-yard crescendo freestyle relay and the 3 x 100-yard breaststroke relay were the two events in which the Gophers were victorious during the non-scoring meet. The second-place performances by head coach Thomas Till’s swimmers came in the 400-yard free relay, the 3 x 100-yard butterfly relay and the 400-yard medley relay.
Sam Davis (Wilmington, Del./Wilmington Friends) led off for Goucher in the crescendo relay, in which each of the four entrants swim 50 yards more than the swimmer ahead of them. Davis covered the opening 50 yards and was followed, in order, by Dalton Delp (Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge), Colin Richter (Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne) and Morgan Richter (Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne). The combined time of the four swimmers was 4:23.60.
In the 3 x 100-yard breast, the winning time of 3:15.72 was achieved by Colin Richter, Cody Nelson (Duanesburg, N.Y./Schalmont) and Delp.
The Richter twins, Delp and Davis formed the entry which placed second in the 400 free relay with its time of 3:20.55.
In the 3 x 100-yard butterfly relay, Morgan Richter led off, Jerel McCord (Fort Wayne, Ind./South Side) followed him and Ben Shriner (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) put the finishing touches on an effort that took 2:51.61 to complete, good for second place.
Goucher’s entry in the 400 medley relay consisted of Spencer Saunders (Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne), Nelson, Delp and Colin Richter and posted a time of 4:00.34.
Up next for the Gophers is a quadrangular meet at Frostburg State one week from today. The other two teams scheduled to compete are Hood and Stevenson.
Entries from Goucher took second place in three of the nine events that were conducted today at the Schweikert Relays.
Kyanna Cadwallader (Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville), Nicole Craver (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove Area) and Alexis Regopoulos (Fitchburg, Mass./North Middlesex Regional) formed the entry that finished as the runner-up in the 3 x 100-yard breaststroke relay with its time of 3:55.02. Regopoulos and Cadwallader, along with Lizzy Hannifin (Denver, Colo./East) were also on the second-place entry in the 3 x 500-meter freestyle relay.
Goucher’s other second-place performance came in the 500-yard crescendo free relay, an event in which the four entrants swim different distances. Cadwallader led off, covering the opening 50 yards, was followed, in order, by Craver (100 yards), Hannifin (150 yards) and Regopoulos (200 yards), and the combined time of the four swimmers was 5:07.78.
This was a non-scoring meet.
Up next for head coach Thomas Till’s Gophers is a quadrangular meet at Frostburg State one week from today. The other two teams scheduled to compete are Hood and Stevenson.
Lebanon Valley Press Release
Lebanon Valley began its 2014-15 swimming season Saturday at Susquehanna University’s Schweikert Relays, putting together some solid team performances.
No team scoring was kept at the unique meet, which featured LVC, Susquehanna, Lycoming, and Goucher competing in a variety of four- and three-member relays.
The women’s 400-yard free relay started the meet with a third-place finish, with Marie Gorman, Katie Frace, Alayna Kalinay, and Brianna Cosgrove touching in 4:18.67, and the men hit third in the 3×100 backstroke in 2:57.95 with Bryce Betz, Blade Umstead, and Ian Lloyd. The men’s 3×100 butterfly relay was also third in 2:59.80 thanks to Lloyd, Nate Ginder, and Chris Kurtz, and the men’s team added a 400-yard medley relay third in 4:03.82 with Betz, Lloyd, Kurtz, and Umstead on the legs. The women capped the meet with a third-place 200-yard free relay performance, as Gorman, Kendall Mehaffey, Sarah Foery, and Cosgrove finished in 1:55.28.
Lycoming Press Release
Five Lycoming College swimming relay squads notched second-place finishes to lead the team in its season-opening meet at the Schweikert Relays at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 18.
On the women’s side, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the 4×100 individual medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. On the men’s side, the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.
The 400-yard freestyle relay squad was made up of four seniors, as BethAnn Schwoyer (Williamsport, Pa./Homeschooled), Brigid Clark (Wyndmoor, Pa./Springfield), Alexia Follweiler (New Ringgold, Pa./Panther Valley) and Danielle Loiseau (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) posted a time of 3:57.58.
The individual medley team posted a time of 4:36.85, as the group of Loiseau, Schwoyer, sophomore Jess Wimmer (Souderton, Pa./Souderton Area) and Follweiler finished behind only Susquehanna’s top relay squad.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of junior Felicia Sloyer (East Greenville, Pa./Upper Perkiomen), sophomore Morgan Black (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone), junior Tenninger Kellenbarger (Encitas, Calif./LaCosta Canyon) and sophomore Cydnei Crust (Bellefonte, Pa./Commonwealth Connections Academy) notched a time of 1:52.82.
The men’s 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Andrew Canavan (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell), junior Trevor Endler (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick), junior Josh Thomas (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) and junior Dan Apostolu (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) notched a time of 1:43.68.
The 200-yard freestyle team of Apostolu, freshman Codie Malloy (South Montrose, Pa./Montrose Area), freshman Joe Szerencsits (Northampton, Pa./Northampton) and junior Zak Kibler (East Greenville, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) notched a time of 1:35.66.
The Warriors get back in the pool on Saturday, Oct. 25, when they head to Albright for a 2 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference dual meet.