ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Friday, November 2, 2007

Elizabethtown Opens 2007-08 Season With Sweep of Arcadia, 124-60 (men) and 147-57 (women)

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's swimming teams kicked off their 2007-08 schedule with victories over Middle Atlantic Conference newcomer Arcadia University. The Blue Jay men posted a 124-60 victory while the women were victorious by a score of 147-57.

For the men, sophomore Matt Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) and junior Chris Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) each picked up a pair of victories, with Drob winning the 50 free (23.20 seconds) and the 100 free (52.35 seconds) and Miller taking the 200 free (1:54.16) and 500 free (5:14.76).

Sophomore Dan Provence (Brookhaven, PA/Penncrest) won the 1000 free (12:04.79), senior Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep) took the 100 fly (1:00.95), and junior Tim Donahue (Hatfield, PA/Lansdale Catholic) picked up the victory in the 100 breast (1:07.06).

The Blue Jays (1-0 overall, 1-0 MAC) also posted a win in the 200 free relay, as the team of sophomore Kevin Smedman (Fort Montgomery, NY/James I. O'Neill), Miller, DiObilda and Drob won with a time of 1:38.44.

For the women, junior Laura Quigley (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) along with sophomores Kara Geiger (Zionsville, PA/Emmaus) and Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) each picked up a pair of wins for the Blue Jays (1-0 overall, 1-0 MAC).

Quigley captured the 500 free (6:09.93) and 1000 free (12:25.27), Geiger won the 100 free (1:00.22) and 200 free (2:10.53) and Riley was victorious in the 50 free (26.61 seconds) and 100 back (1:05.70).

Junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) also earned a win for the Blue Jays, coming home first in the 200 individual medley (2:25.63), while first-year student Molly Goldrick (Hampden, MA/Wilbraham & Monson Academy) captured the 100 breast with a time of 1:19.57.

In relays, the Blue Jays picked up a win in the 200 free relay as first-year student Courtney Kelly (Guilford, CT/Guilford), sophomore Laura Krieger (Danville, PA/Danville), first-year student Stephanie Hellman (Shrewsbury, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) and Riley won with a time of 1:51.02.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Men’s Team Score: Elizabethtown 124, Arcadia 60
Women’s Team Score: Elizabethtown 147, Arcadia 57
Men’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Arcadia, 1:53.89
1000 free: Dan Provence (E), 12:04.79
200 free: Chris Miller (E), 1:54.16
50 free: Matt Drob (E), 23.20
200 IM: Will Ruocco (A), 2:20.77
100 fly: Darren DiObilda (E), 1:00.95
100 free: Matt Drob (E), 52.35
100 back: L.J. Morgan (A), 1:04.26
500 free: Chris Miller (E), 5:14.76
100 breast: Tim Donahue (E), 1:07.06
200 free relay: Kevin Smedman/Chris Miller/Darren DiObilda/Matt Drob (E), 1:38.44

Women’s Event Winners (all distances in yards):
200 medley relay: Michelle McCandless/Danielle DiSanto/Stephanie Bartolotta/Lauren Myers (A), 2:06.09
1000 free: Laura Quigley (E), 12:25.27
200 free: Kara Geiger (E), 2:10.53
50 free: Lindsay Riley (E), 26.61
200 IM: Jenny Brizek (E), 2:25.63
100 fly: Danielle DiSanto (A), 1:08.86
100 free: Kara Geiger (E), 1:00.22
100 back: Lindsay Riley (E), 1:05.70
500 free: Laura Quigley (E), 6:09.93
100 breast: Molly Goldrick (E), 1:19.57
200 free relay: Courtney Kelly/Laura Krieger/Stephanie Hellman/Lindsay Riley (E), 1:51.02