ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Saturday, February 11, 2006

Elizabethtown Men & Women in Sixth Place through Second Day of MAC Championships; Trumbo and Geiger Medal

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College’s men's and women's swimming teams both remained in sixth place through the conclusion of the second day of the three day-long Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Saturday. The Etown women have 179 points, and the Etown men have 140 points. Albright leads on the women's side with 476 points, and Widener leads on the men's side with 581 points.

Gretchen Geiger '09 earned a silver medal in the 100 yd. breaststroke Saturday.

Two Blue Jays earned conference medals in Saturday's competition. First-year student Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) picked up a silver medal by finishing second in the 100 yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:09.39. In the 100 yard butterfly, junior Keeley Trumbo (Chester Springs, PA/Great Valley) earned a bronze medal by finishing third in 1:01.81.

Additionally, 10 Etown entries -- six on the women's side and four on the men's side -- have thus far earned Second Team All-MAC honors by finishing between fourth and sixth in their respective events.

Keeley Trumbo '07 earned a bronze medal in the 100 yd. butterfly Saturday.

On the women's side Saturday, the 200 yard medley relay team of Rachel Halton (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus), Geiger, Trumbo and Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) finished fifth in 1:56.04, a new season-low time, to earn Second Team All-MAC status. Brizek, a first-year student, also placed sixth in the 400 individual medley Saturday in a season-best time of 4:58.11 to earn a spot on the All-MAC Second Team in that event as well. The 800 yard freestyle relay team of Brizek, Laura Quigley (Yardley, PA/Pennsburg), Lindsay Kollmeier (Sewell, NJ/Ursuline Academy, DE) and Trumbo placed fifth in 8:33.11.

On Friday, Brizek placed fourth the conference in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:17.45, her best of the season. The 400 medley relay team of Halton, Geiger, Trumbo and Brizek placed fifth in 4:13.38, also a new season low. The 200 freestyle relay team of Geiger, Trish Lemon (Collegeville, PA/Villa Maria Academy), Tara Ison (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) and Trumbo placed sixth in 1:47.06, another season low.

On the men's side Saturday, the 200 yard medley relay team of Jason Rose (Ft. Washington, PA/Upper Dublin), Brian Thudium (Harleysville, PA/Souderton), Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Preparatory) and Kevin O'Hara (Collegeville, PA/Methacton) finished sixth in 1:44.45 to earn Second Team All-MAC status. Also, the 800 freestyle relay team of Rose, Daniel McGuigan (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville), Geoff Betz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) and Thudium finished sixth in 7:47.51 Saturday.

On Friday, the 400 yard medley relay team of Rose, Thudium, DiObilda and Betz placed fifth in 3:48.52, a new season low by nearly 10 seconds. The 200 freestyle relay team of O'Hara, Rose, Betz and Thudium placed sixth in 1:32.96, another new season low.

The MAC Championships will resume at 10:00 a.m. Sunday.

at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
MAC Championship Results through Saturday:
Women's Team Scores: 1. Albright 476; 2. Scranton 419; 3. Lycoming 295; 4. Juniata 282; 5. Widener 279; 6. Elizabethtown 179; 7. Susquehanna 143; 8. Lebanon Valley 106. Drew 76; 10. FDU-Florham 56.
Men's Team Scores: 1. Widener 581; 2. Albright 444; 3. Lycoming 273; 4. Scranton 272; 5. Susquehanna 223; 6. Elizabethtown 140; 7. Lebanon Valley 131; 8. King's 95; 9. FDU-Florham 36; 10. Drew 22.
Etown Women's Results (all distances in yards - MAC medalists in bold):
200 free relay: 6. Gretchen Geiger/Trisha Lemon/Tara Ison/Keeley Trumbo 1:47.06
200 individual medley: 4. Jenny Brizek 2:17.45 (2:18.56 prelim)
400 medley relay: 5. Rachel Halton/Gretchen Geiger/Keeley Trumbo/Jenny Brizek 4:13.38
200 medley relay: 5. Rachel Halton/Gretchen Geiger/Keeley Trumbo/Jenny Brizek 1:56.04
400 individual medley: 6. Jenny Brizek 4:58.11 (4:58.94 prelim)
100 butterfly: 3. Keeley Trumbo 1:01.81 (1:01.69 prelim)
200 freestyle: 16. Lindsay Kollmeier 2:10.22 (2:10.70 prelim)
100 breaststroke: 2. Gretchen Geiger 1:09.39 (1:09.82 prelim); 14. Christy Serpico 1:15.25 (1:15.79 prelim)
100 backstroke: 13. Rachel Halton 1:06.78 (1:06.20 prelim)
800 freestyle relay: 5. Jenny Brizek/Laura Quigley/Lindsay Kollmeier/Keeley Trumbo 8:33.91
Etown Men's Results (all distances in yards):
200 free relay: 6. Kevin O'Hara/Jason Rose/Geoff Betz/Darren DiObilda 1:32.96
200 individual medley: 13. Daniel McGuigan 2:06.21 (2:07.08 prelim)
50 freestyle: 16. Darren DiObilda 23.42 (23.03 prelim)
400 medley relay: 5. Jason Rose/Brian Thudium/Darren DiObilda/Geoff Betz 3:48.52
200 medley relay: 6. Jason Rose/Brian Thudium/Darren DiObilda/Kevin O'Hara 1:44.45
400 individual medley: 10. Jason Rose 4:33.86 (4:35.12 prelim)
100 butterfly: 8. Darren DiObilda 55.06 (55.36 prelim); 14. Kevin O'Hara 59.17 (1:00.27 prelim)
100 breaststroke: 11. Brian Thudium 1:04.40 (1:03.96 prelim); 15. Daniel McGuigan 1:05.37 (1:05.14 prelim)
800 freestyle relay: 6. Jason Rose/Daniel McGuigan/Geoff Betz/Brian Thudium 7:47.51