ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Elizabethtown Sweeps MAC Rival King’s in Dual Meet

ELIZABETHTOWN , Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept Middle Atlantic Conference rival King’s College (Pa.) in a dual meet at home Wednesday night. The Elizabethtown men won 97-65 to improve to 2-3 overall, while the Elizabethtown women won 108-78 to improve to 1-4 overall. The Elizabethtown men’s team is now 2-0 against MAC opponents. King’s dropped 0-3 on the men’s side and 0-4 on the women’s side with the losses.

On the men’s side, Elizabethtown swimmers won six out of 11 events, beginning with the 200 yard medley relay, won in 1:52.73 by Kevin Smedman (Ft. Montgomery, NY), Timothy Donahue (Hatfield, PA), Ryan Schutz (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and Jason Rose (Ft. Washington, PA/Upper Dublin). Christopher Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) took the 200 yard freestyle in 1:51.94 for Etown, and Daniel McGuigan (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) won the 200 yard individual medley in 2:15.12. Rose won the 100 freestyle in 54.60 seconds, and Matthew Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) won the 100 yard backstroke in 1:02.25. Donahue won the 100 yard breaststroke for the Blue Jays in 1:05.30.

In the men’s 200 freestyle relay, the Elizabethtown team of Geoff Betz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), Kevin O’Hara (Collegeville, PA/Methacton), Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep.) and Drob swam as an exhibition entry and as a result did not place. However, the team did have the fastest time in the race with 1:36.13.

On the women’s side, Elizabethtown racked up seven wins out of 11 events. The 200 yard medley relay team of Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), Lindsay Kollmeier (Sewell, NJ/Ursuline Academy, DE), Tara Ison (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) and Erin Walker (Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton) won in 2:10.30 to begin the meet. In the 1000 yard freestyle, Laura Quigley (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) won in 12:21.64 for Etown, and Christine Nutini (Newark, DE/Sanford) won the 200 yard freestyle in 2:10.10. Kara Geiger (Zionsville, PA/Emmaus) won the 50 yard freestyle in 27.18 for Elizabethtown, and Kollmeier took the 100 yard freestyle in 1:03.24. Jennifer Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) won the 100 yard backstroke in 1:07.87 for the Blue Jays, and Geiger won the 500 yard freestyle in 5:49.32.

Also, Elizabethtown’s women’s 200 yard freestyle relay team consisting of Geiger, Riley, Nutini and Brizek swam as an exhibition and did not place as a result, but the team swam the race’s fastest time of 1:47.59.

Elizabethtown will return to action when it hosts MAC opponent Susquehanna University in a 1:00 p.m. home meet Saturday, November 18.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Women’s Score: Elizabethtown 108, King’s 78
Men’s Scores: Elizabethtown 97, King’s 65
Team Records: Elizabethtown men 2-3 (2-0 MAC), Elizabethtown women 1-4 (1-1 MAC); King’s men 0-3 (0-2 MAC), King’s women 0-4 (0-2 MAC).
Women’s Event Winners:
200 Medley Relay: Elizabethtown (Lindsay Riley/Lindsay Kollmeier/ Tara Ison/Erin Walker) 2:10.30
1000 Free: Laura Quigley (E) 12:21.64
200 Free: Christine Nutini (E) 2:10.10
50 Free: Kara Geiger (E) 27.18
200 IM: Christy Rossowski (K) 2:26.82
100 Fly: Christy Rossowski (K) 1:04.11
100 Free: Lindsay Kollmeier (E) 1:03.24
100 Back: Jennifer Brizek (E) 1:07.87
500 Free: Kara Geiger (E) 5:49.32
100 Breast: Michelle Kotula (K) 1:22.40
200 Free Relay: King’s (Susan Prentice/Kathleen Dorsey/Kim Urban/Michele Kotula) 2:19.31
Men’s Event Winners:
200 Medley Relay: Elizabethtown (Kevin Smedman/Timothy Donahue/Ryan Schutz/Jason Rose) 1:52.73
1000 Free: Andrew Kulp (K) 10:55.78
200 Free: Christopher Miller (E) 1:51.94
50 Free: Steven Kneidl (K) 25.47
200 IM: Daniel McGuigan (E) 2:15.12
100 Fly: Andrew Kulp (K) 55.60
100 Free: Jason Rose (E) 54.60
100 Back: Matthew Drob (E) 1:02.25
500 Free: Jon Wardle (K) 5:37.07
100 Breast: Timothy Donahue (E) 1:05.30
200 Free Relay: King’s (lineup unavailable) 1:41.78