ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Albright Sweeps Elizabethtown, 105-94 (Women) and 107-73 (Men)

ELIZABETTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College’s swimming teams’ records both stand at 4-6 overall and 3-2 in the Middle Atlantic Conference following a pair of losses to Albright College at home Saturday. Albright, which is the defending MAC women’s champion and last year’s MAC men’s runner-up, is now 6-1 overall on the men’s side and 7-1 overall on the women’s side.

The Elizabethtown men won five events, beginning with the opening 200 yard medley relay. Christopher Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest), Timothy Donahue (Hatfield, PA), Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep.) and Matthew Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) teamed up to win the race in 1:44.34. Miller went on to win both the 1650 freestyle in 17:41.34 and the 100 backstroke in 58.37 seconds. Drob also won the 50 freestyle in 23.74 seconds, and Donahue won the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.33.

On the women’s side, the Blue Jays won four events, led by Christine Nutini (Newark, DE/Sanford), who won both the 50 yard freestyle in 27.20 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 58.37 seconds. Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) won the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.72 for Etown. The Blue Jay 200 yard freestyle relay team of Keeley Trumbo (Phoenxiville, PA/Great Valley), Erin Walker (Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton), Danielle Hopkins (Franklin, MA/Franklin) and Tara Ison (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) won in 1:51.63 as well.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road against non-conference opponent McDaniel College Tuesday, January 16 at 6:00 p.m.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Men’s Team Score: Albright 107, Elizabethtown 73
Women’s Team Score: Albright 105, Elizabethtown 94
Men’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Christopher Miller/Timothy Donahue/Darren DiObilda/Matthew Drob (E) 1:44.34
1650 free: Christopher Miller (E) 17:41.34
200 free: Adam Daney (A) 1:53.72
50 free: Matthew Drob (E) 23.74
400 IM: Ben Hatt (A) 4:35.36
100 fly: Mike Stoloski (A) 57.06
100 free: Jack Kubacki (A) 50.54
100 back: Christopher Miller (E) 58.37
500 free: Adam Daney (A) 5:01.47
100 breast: Timothy Donahue (E) 1:05.33
200 free relay: Jack Kubacki/Matt Cribbs/Mike Stoloski/Ben Hatt (A) 1:34.48
Women’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Sammy Kelly/Rachel Cantwell/Samantha Frees/Cheyenne Gehman (A) 1:59.06
1650 free: Adrienne Peoples (A) 18:43.15
200 free: Rachel Cantwell (A) 2:04.42
50 free: Christine Nutini (E) 27.20
400 IM: Jess Williams (A) 4:57.59
100 fly: Tiff Schell (A) 1:08.01
100 free: Christine Nutini (E) 58.37
100 back: Christine Eanes (A) 1:06.72
500 free: Erin Jagielski (A) 5:23.85
100 breast: Gretchen Geiger (E) 1:11.72
200 free relay: Keeley Trumbo/Erin Walker/Danielle Hopkins/Tara Ison (E) 1:51.63