Elizabethtown College Swimming
Saturday, February 17, 2001

CONFERENCE MARKS KEEP FALLING BEFORE MOORE AS ETOWN MEN IN FIFTH, WOMEN IN SIXTH THROUGH SECOND DAY OF MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

SCRANTON, Pa. --- Casey Moore (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) broke yet another Middle Atlantic Conference Championship men's swimming record Saturday, this time setting a new mark in the 200 yard freestyle with a final time of 1:42.20. He also set a conference record in the 500 freestyle Friday. Both of Moore's record times have also met the NCAA "B" qualifying standard.

Paul Contino (Flourtown, PA-Plymouth Whitemarsh) took home conference gold in the 400 individual medley relay in a time of 4:22.25. Also, the men's 800 yard freestyle relay team of Contino, Michael Hyde (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland), Eric Bicocchi (Hatfield, PA/North Penn), and Moore captured the silver medal in 7:22.10.

In the women's event's, Etown's Lindsay Texter (Lititz, PA/Lititz) earned her second silver medal in two days by finishing second in th 200 freestyle in 2:00.54.

Through two days of competition, the men's team is in fifth place in the women's team is in sixth place. The MAC Championships conclude Sunday.

At Scranton, Pa.
Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, Second Day (2/17/01)
Complete Elizabethtown Women's Results
Team Scores:
1. Albright, 287
2. Scranton, 222
3. Widener, 214
4. Juniata, 205
5. Lycoming, 138
6. Elizabethtown, 122
7. Drew, 115
8. Susquehanna, 96
9. King's, 32
10. Lebanon Valley, 20
11. FDU-Madison, 12
200 Medley Relay: 7. Benton, Blaha, Knepper, Bradley 1:58.51
400 IM: 18. Schadler 5:21.25
100 Fly: 9. Knepper (1:04.10 prelim) 1:04.44 (final)
200 Free: 2. Texter (2:00.81 prelim) 2:00.54 (final); 13. Hyde 2:08.24
100 Breast: --. Blaha (1:11.82 prelim); 15. Cumor 1:16.11; 23. Barnes 1:19.30; 24. Bachman 1:19.76; 31. Hahn 1:22.94
100 Back: 13. Thomas 1:06.51; 16. Benton 1:07.38
800 Free Relay: 4. Knepper, Hyde, Bradley, Texter 8:18.29
Compelete Elizabethtown Men's Results
Team Scores:
1. Widener, 374
2. Albright, 235
3. Drew, 178
4. Lycoming, 172
5. Elizabethtown, 159
6. Scranton, 141
7. Susquehanna, 94
8. Lebanon Valley 45
200 Medley Relay: 5. Bicocchi, Fortin, Ostrelich, English 1:45.93
400 IM: 1. Contino (4:22.68 prelim) 4:22.25 (final)
100 Fly: 11. Bicocchi (57.51 prelim) 57.40 (final)
200 Free: 1. Moore (1:43.55 prelim) 1:42.20 (final *MAC record, NCAA "B" qualifying time); 13. English 1:54.12; 15. Hyde 1:54.44
100 Breast: 10. Fortin (1:05.55 prelim) 1:05.28 (final)
100 Back: 18. Pino 1:02.32
800 Free Relay: 2. Contino, Hyde, Bicocchi, Moore 7:22.10

Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, First Day (2/16/01)
Complete Elizabethtown Women’s Results
200 Free Relay: 5. Texter, Benton, Blaha, Bradley 1:44.90
500 Free: 8. Knepper (5:35.43 prelim) 5:28.44 (final); 11. Hyde (5:37.70 prelim) 5:40.28; 25. Hahn 5:55.10
200 IM: 2. Texter (2:17.21 prelim) 2:17.24 (final); 14. Blaha 2:24.76; 24. Thomas 2:28.91; 27. Schadler 2:29.49; 33. Cumor 2:30.84; 39. Bachman 2:33.56
50 Free: 4. Bradley (25.53 prelim) 25.51 (final); 17. Benton 27.01; 26. Keefer 27.53; 29. Sadak 27.73; 33. Ressler 28.01; 35. Ellis 28.42
400 Medley Relay: 6. Benton, Blaha, Knepper, Bradley 4:18.03
Complete Elizabethtown Men's Results
200 Free Relay: 4. Fortin, Ostrelich, English, Moore 1:29.94
500 Free: 1. Moore (4:47.85 prelim *MAC record) 4:42.06 (final *MAC record, NCAA "B" qualifying time) 14. Bicocchi 5:12.11; 17. Hyde 5:18.12
200 IM: 6. Contino (2:03.00 prelim) 2:04.99 (final)
50 Free: 7. English (23.03 prelim) 22.79 (final); 18. Fortin 23.52; 25. Ostrelich 24.05
400 Medley Relay: 4. Moore, Fortin, Contino, English 3:45.48