ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Elizabethtown Women Get First Dual Meet Win of Season, 112-88, over MAC Rival Lebanon Valley; Etown Men Fall 116-80 to LVC

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown’s women’s swimming team earned its first dual meet win of the 2005-06 season at home Tuesday night, defeating Middle Atlantic Conference rival Lebanon Valley College 112-88. The Etown men, meanwhile, lost to LVC 116-80. The Etown women’s team record now stands at 1-6, while the Etown men drop to 0-6. Lebanon Valley’s women’s team drops to 3-4 with the loss, while the men’s team improves to 3-2.

In the women’s races, first-year student Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) and junior Keeley Trumbo (Chester Springs, PA/Great Valley) each won three events for Elizabethtown. The two teamed up with Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) and Tara Ison (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) to win the 200 yard medley relay in 1:59.57. Brizek also won the 200 individual medley in 2:21.73 and the 100 backstroke in 1:05.73, and Trumbo went on to win the 200 freestyle in 2:10.41 and the 100 butterfly in 1:04.25. First-year student Laura Quigley (Yardley, PA/Pennsburg) won a pair of events for Etown, as she won the 1000 freestyle in 12:05.93 and the 500 freestyle in 5:57.50.

On the men’s side, Darren DiObilda ( oatesville, PA/Malvern Prep.), Daniel McGuigan (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville), Jason Rose (Ft. Washington, PA/Upper Dublin) and Geoff Betz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) teamed up to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:49.64. DiObilda went on to win the 50 yard freestyle in 23.94 seconds, and McGuigan later won the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:07.73 for Etown.

Elizabethtown will return to action at the Franklin & Marshall College Invitational from Friday, December 2 to Sunday, December 4. The Blue Jays will send several individual swimmers to compete in that meet, rather than competing as a team.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Women’s Score: Elizabethtown 112, Lebanon Valley 88
Women’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Jenny Brizek/Gretchen Geiger/Keeley Trumbo/Tara Ison (E) 1:59.57
1000 free: Laura Quigley (E) 12:05.93
200 free: Keeley Trumbo (E) 2:10.41
200 I.M.: Jenny Brizek (E) 2:21.73
100 fly: Keeley Trumbo (E) 1:04.25
100 free: Allison Sweigart (L) 58.97
100 back: Jenny Brizek (E) 1:05.73
500 free: Laura Quigley (E) 5:57.50
100 breast: Annmarie Errico (L) 1:14.80
200 free relay: Samantha Meglino/Hope Roaten/Amy Miceli/ Lynn Donmoyer (L) 1:58.67
Men’s Score: Lebanon Valley 116, Elizabethtown 80
Men’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Darren DiObilda/Daniel McGuigan/Jason Rose/Geoff Betz (E) 1:49.64
1000 free: Isaac Greene (L) 10:59.60
200 free: Kevin Carney (L) 1:53.37
50 free: Darren DiObilda (E) 23.94
200 I.M.: Isaac Greene (L) 2:09.81
100 fly: Kevin Carney (L) 57.14
100 free: Jared Wilkerson (L) 54.04
100 back: Kevin Carney (L) 59.47
500 free: Isaac Greene (L) 5:16.42
100 breast: Daniel McGuigan (E) 1:07.73
200 free relay: Will Everhard/Scott Beesley/Jared Wilkerson/Matthew Woods (L) 1:40.37