ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Sunday, February 17, 2002

Etown Men's and Women's Swimming Teams Fifth at MAC Championships; Moore Wins Three Gold Medals; Blue Jays Bring Home Nine Medals

CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown's women's swimming team finished fifth out of 11 teams with 205 points, an improvement over last year's sixth place finish, at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, held at Widener from Friday through Sunday. The Etown men placed fifth out of eight teams with 178 points, exactly the same placement of last year's team at the conference meet.

The Blue Jays brought home a total of nine medals, four for the women and five for the men, in three relay events and six individual events. Leading the way for Etown was sophomore Casey Moore (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson), who won three individual gold medals for the men's team.

For the women's team, sophomore Christina Blaha (Killingworth, CT/Haddam-Killingworth) won an individual silver medal, the first of her career, and senior Sarah Bradley (Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant) and freshman Holly Gish (Carlisle, PA/Carlisle) each won an individual bronze medal for the Blue Jays over the three day event.

Elizabethtown opened the MAC Championships Friday with a bang, as the women's 200 yard medley relay team of Stacey Benton (Duncansville, PA/Hollidaysburg), Blaha, Kristen Kuc (Camp Hill, PA/Trinity) and Bradley raced to a bronze medal-winning finish in 1:43.65, the second-fastest time in Etown history.

In the very next event, the men's 200 freestyle relay team of Scott English (Southbury, CT/Pomperaug), Matt Ostrelich (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic), Sean Donovan (Springfield, PA/Springfield) and Moore powered its way to a bronze medal in 1:29.41, also the second-fastest time in the history of the Etown men's swimming program.

Moore returned two events later to win the gold medal in the men's 500 yard freestyle with a finals time of 4:48.41.

Bradley won an individual medal Saturday, taking the bronze in the women's 200 yard freestyle in 2:01.53. Moore won the very next event Saturday, capturing the gold medal in the men's 200 yard freestyle in 1:42.74. It was his fastest time in the event thus far this season, and it was the second time this year he exceeded the NCAA Division III championship provisional qualifying time.

Also on Saturday, Blaha won the silver medal in the women's 100 yard breaststroke in 1:10.45, and Gish won the bronze medal in the women's 100 yard backstroke in 1:03.53 for the first conference championship medal of her collegiate career. Gish had just barely missed medaling in the 200 yard individual medley with a fourth place finish in that event Friday.

In Sunday's events, Moore won his third gold medal of the meet when he captured the 100 yard freestyle in 47.36 seconds. Blaha just missed getting another medal in the 200 yard breaststroke with a fourth place finish.

In the final event Sunday, the Etown men's 400 yard freestyle relay team of English, Michael Hyde (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland), Garth Semple (Marietta, OH/Mercersburg Academy) and Moore took home the bronze medal with a time of 3:15.97.

At Chester, Pa.
2002 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, hosted by Widener University
Women's Standings: 1. Albright 413; 2. Lycoming 325; 3. University of Scranton 310 4. Widener 259; 5. Elizabethtown 205; 6. Drew 201; 7. Juniata 176; 8. Susquehanna 150; 9. King's 36; 10. Lebanon Valley 28; 11. FDU-Madison 22
Men's Standings: 1. Widener 540.5; 2. Albright 490; 3. Drew 254; 4. University of Scranton 239.5; 5. Elizabethtown 178; 6. Lycoming 158; 7. Susquehanna 107; 8. Lebanon Valley 51

Complete Eilzabethtown College Results:
Women 200 freestyle relay: 3. Stacey Benton, Christina Blaha, Kristen Kuc, Sarah Bradley 1:43.95

Men 200 freestyle relay: 3. Scott English, Matt Ostrelich, Sean Donovan, Casey Moore 1:29.41

Women 500 freestyle: 10. Joanna Hyde 5:37.34 (5:36.88); 27. Cristen Cumor 5:47.85; 29. Emily Hahn 5:49.99; 35. Jodie Bachman 5:57.26; 37. Kathryn Fairman 5:57.87

Men 500 freestyle: 1. Casey Moore 4:48.41 (4:51.02)

Women 200 individual medley: 4. Holly Gish 2:18.06 (2:19.93)

Men 200 individual medley: 9. Garth Semple 2:07.37 (2:06.69)

Women 50 freestyle: 6. Sarah Bradley 25.94 (25.70); 9. Kristen Kuc 26.02 (26.06); 22. Stacey Benton 27.42; 25. Cindy Ippolito 27.56; 26. Keri Walkowiak 27.57; 30. Kaitlyn Ellis 27.90; 33. Elizabeth Martin 28.66

Men 50 freestyle: 8. Scott English 22.69 (22.74); 17. Sean Donovan 23.49; 22. Matt Ostrelich 24.04; 28. Tim Matlack 25.78

Women 400 medley relay: 7. Stacey Benton, Christina Blaha, Holly Gish, Sarah Bradley 4:20.27

Men 400 medley relay: 6. Garth Semple, Casey More, Michael Hyde, Scott English 3:50.49

Women 200 medley relay: 4. Stacey Benton, Christina Blaha, Holly Gish, Kristen Kuc 1:57.60

Men 200 medley relay: 4. Garth Semple, Casey Moore, Michael Hyde, Scott English

Women 400 individual medley: 19. Catherine Schadler 5:25.71

Women 100 butterfly: 15. Cindy Ippolito 1:07.68; 20. Jodie Bachman 1:10.19; 24. Kaitlyn Ellis 1:14.24

Men 100 butterfly: 17. Michael Hyde 58.69; 19. Scott English 58.98; 22. Tim Matlack 1:02.40

Women 200 freestyle: 3. Sarah Bradley 2:01.53 (2:03.40); 13. Joanna Hyde 2:08.60

Men 200 freestyle: 1. Casey Moore 1:42.74* (1:45.10); 20. Sean Donovan 1:59.02; 21. Matt Ostrelich 2:03.96

Women 100 breaststroke: 2. Christina Blaha 1:10.45 (1:10.06); 6. Cristen Cumor 1:13.33 (1:13.07); 9. Kristen Kuc 1:13.83 (1:13.64); 15. Kathryn Fairman 1:16.71; 24. Jodie Bachman 1:20.22

Women 100 backstroke: 3. Holly Gish 1:03.53 (1:03.93); 20. Stacey Benton 1:08.87; 24. Elizabeth Martin 1:10.42

Men 100 backstroke: 6. Garth Semple 58.22 (57.83)

Women 800 freestyle relay: 7. Stacey Benton, Joanna Hyde, Kristen Kuc, Sarah Bradley 8:32.65

Men 800 freestyle relay: 7. Sean Donovan, Matt Ostrelich, Tim Matlack, Michael Hyde 7:56.18

Women 1650 freestyle: 7. Joanna Hyde 19:19.25; 15. Emily Hahn 19:50.92

Women 200 backstroke: 12. Holly Gish 2:25.98 (2:20.58); 23. Elizabeth Martin 2:33.52

Men 200 backstroke: 8. Garth Semple 2:05.40 (2:05.00)

Women 100 freestyle: 6. Sarah Bradley 56.78 (56.62); 12. Kristen Kuc 58.24 (58.50); 19. Tara Sadak 1:00.53; 22. Keri Walkowiak 1:01.60; 24. Kaitlyn Ellis 1:02.66

Men 100 freestyle: 1. Casey Moore 47.36 (47.47); 8. Scott English 49.69 (49.38); 15. Michael Hyde 51.22; 18. Sean Donovan 52.21; 21. Matt Ostrelich 54.21

Women 200 breaststroke: 4. Christina Blaha 2:34.94 (2:36.10); 9. Cristen Cumor 2:40.88 (2:41.49); 12. Kathryn Fairman 2:44.95 (2:44.06)

Women 200 butterfly: 13. Cindy Ippolito 2:36.89; 17. Catherine Schadler 2:43.84

Men 200 butterfly: 13. Michael Hyde 2:14.58; 17. Tim Matlack 2:25.18

Women 400 freestyle relay: 5. Stacey Benton, Holly Gish, Kristen Kuc, Sarah Bradley 3:48.07

Men 400 freestyle relay: 3. Scott English, Michael Hyde, Garth Semple, Casey Moore 3:15.97

Medalists listed in bold. Preliminary time in parenthesis. * NCAA D-III provisional qualifying time.