ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Sunday, February 12, 2006

Elizabethtown Men & Women’s Swimming Teams Finish Sixth at MAC Championships; Blue Jays Tally Three Medals, 15 Second Team All-MAC Finishes

Gretchen Geiger '09 picked up two silver medals for the Blue Jays.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College’s men's and women's swimming teams both finished in sixth place out of ten teams in the three day-long Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sunday night. The Etown women totaled 257 points, and the Etown men tallied 204 points. Albright won the women's side with 723 points, and Widener won the men's side with 817 points.

The Blue Jays picked up their third conference medal of the championships Sunday night when first-year student Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) won her second silver medal of the meet. She finished second in the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:31.81, her best time of the season.

Keeley Trumbo '07 earned a bronze medal for Etown.

Two Blue Jays earned conference medals in Saturday's competition. Geiger picked up her first silver medal then 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 Saturday.

Additionally, 15 Etown entries -- eight on the women's side and seven on the men's side -- earned Second Team All-MAC honors by finishing between fourth and sixth in their respective events.

Jenny Brizek '09 led the Etown women in most Second Team All-MAC finishes with six.

On the women’s side Sunday, Trumbo finished fifth in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:17.32, her best time of the season. Also earning a Second Team All-MAC spot Sunday was Etown’s 400 yard freestyle relay team of Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser), Tara Ison (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield), Geiger and Trumbo, which finished sixth in 3:52.67, another team season best time.

On Saturday, the 200 yard medley relay team of Rachel Halton (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus), Geiger, Trumbo and Brizek finished fifth in 1:56.04, a new season-low time, to earn Second Team All-MAC status. Brizek 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), Ison and Trumbo placed sixth in 1:47.06, another season low.

Brian Thudium led the Etown men in Second Team All-MAC finishes with six.

On the men’s side Sunday, Etown had two Second Team All-MAC finishers in the 200 yard breaststroke, where Brian Thudium (Harleysville, PA/Souderton) finished fifth and Daniel McGuigan (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) placed sixth in respective final times of 2:20.41 and 2:20.47. Also earning a spot on the second team Sunday was Etown 400 yard freestyle relay team of Kevin O’Hara (Collegeville, PA/Methacton), Geoff Betz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), Thudium and Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep.), which placed sixth in 3:27.40, a new season low by nearly 10 seconds.

On Saturday, the 200 yard medley relay team of Jason Rose (Ft. Washington, PA/Upper Dublin), Thudium, DiObilda and O'Hara finished sixth in 1:44.45 to earn Second Team All-MAC status. Also, the 800 freestyle relay team of Rose, McGuigan, Betz 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.

at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
MAC Championship Final Results:
Women's Team Scores: 1. Albright 723; 2. Scranton 638; 3. Juniata 446; 4. Lycoming 429; 5. Widener 375; 6. Elizabethtown 257; 7. Susquehanna 183; 8. Lebanon Valley 135. Drew 99; 10. FDU-Florham 70.
Men's Team Scores: 1. Widener 817; 2. Albright 674; 3. Scranton 425; 4. Lycoming 403; 5. Susquehanna 317; 6. Elizabethtown 204; 7. Lebanon Valley 198; 8. King's 125; 9. FDU-Florham 54; 10. Drew 26.
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
1650 freestyle: 13. Laura Quigley 19:52.89; 14. Lindsay Kollmeier 20:05.20
200 backstroke: 15. Rachel Halton 2:23.03 (2:23.42 prelim)
100 freestyle: 11. Jenny Brizek 56.43 (56.89 prelim)
200 breaststroke: 2. Gretchen Geiger 2:31.81 (2:32.02 prelim); 11. Christy Serpico 2:40.03 (2:40.40 prelim)
200 butterfly: 5. Keeley Trumbo 2:17.32 (2:18.44 prelim)
400 freestyle relay: 6. Jenny Brizek/ Tara Ison/Gretchen Geiger/Keeley Trumbo 3:52.67
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
200 backstroke: 13. Jason Rose 2:10.54 (2:08.28 prelim)
100 freestyle: 10. Darren DiObilda 50.35 (50.33 prelim)
200 breaststroke: 5. Brian Thudium 2:20.41 (2:19.54 prelim); 6. Daniel McGuigan 2:20.47 (2:20.89 prelim)
400 freestyle relay: 6. Kevin O’Hara/Geoff Betz/Brian Thudium/Darren DiObilda 3:27.40