ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Saturday, November 8, 2003

Elizabethtown Opens 2003-04 Season With Pair of Road Losses To Dickinson

CARLISLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's swimming teams opened the 2003-04 season on the road at Dickinson Saturday. The Etown men lost 162-25, and the Etown women fell 162-43.

The lone Blue Jay event victory for the day came in the women's 200 yard breaststroke, as senior Christina Blaha (Killingworth, CT/Haddam-Killingworth) bested her closest competitor by almost three seconds, winning in 2:38.18.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Wednesday, November 12 against York College (Pa.) in a 6:00 p.m. meet.

At Carlisle, Pa.
Men's Results: Dickinson 162, Elizabethtown 25
Men's winners (distances in yards):
400 medley relay: Daugherty/Ditzler/Mercatili/Eberts (D) 3:52.27
1000 free: Baxter (D) 10:49.38
200 free: Kretzer (D) 1:52.03
50 free: Eberts (D) 22.44
200 IM: Bobsein (D) 2:07.76
200 fly: Mercatili (D) 2:10.46
100 free: Wood (D) 50.77
200 back: Daugherty (D) 2:05.24
500 free: Kretzer (D) 5:12.00
200 breast: Ditzler (D) 2:28.58
400 free relay: Cooper/Wood/Bobsein/Eberts (D) 3:27.67

Women's Results: Dickinson 162, Elizabethtown 43
Women's winners (distances in yards):
400 medley relay: Powell/Studley/Mariner/Tammany (D) 4:18.44
1000 free: McAndrew (D) 11:26.39
200 free: Plunkett (D) 2:06.02
50 free: Foltz (D) 25.16
200 IM: Studley (D) 2:21.85
200 fly: Mariner (D) 2:16.28
100 free: Tammany (D) 56.27
200 back: Powell (D) 2:14.94
500 free: McAndrew (D) 5:35.64
200 breast: Christina Blaha (E) 2:38.18
400 free relay: Plunkett/Foltz/Vantosky/Tammany (D) 3:49.75