ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING
Wednesday, February 2, 2000

ETOWN FALLS TO DREW; WOMEN LOSE 110-93, MEN FALL 129-71

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown men fell to 2-7 overall and the women to 5-6 following home setbacks against Drew Wednesday. The men’s team lost by a 129-71 score while the women’s team lost 110-93.

In the men’s races Jon Fortin (West Hartford, CT/William H. Hall) picked up a pair of Elizabethtown first place finishes in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.90 and the 100 freestyle in 51.96 seconds.

Eric Bicocchi (Hatfield, PA/North Penn) had a winning time of 2:12.57 in the 200 backstroke for Etown, and Paul Contino (Flourtown, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) came in first for the Blue Jays in the 200 individual medley in 2:08.79.

The women’s team had five first place finishes, with four of them coming from either Brooke Knepper (Williamsport, MD/Williamsport) or Sarah Bradley (Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant). Knepper won the 1000 freestyle in 11:16.74, a new team season best, and the 200 butterfly in 2:21.33. Bradley captured the 50 freestyle in 26.01 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 57.48 seconds. Elizabethtown’s other first place finish came in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 4:17.78.

Elizabethtown hits the water next at Albright Saturday. Meet time is 2:00 p.m.

At Elizabethtown, PA
Men’s times for Elizabethtown:
Drew 129, Elizabethtown 71
400 Medley Relay: 2. Elizabethtown (Eric Bicocchi, Brian Polaski, Paul Contino, Jon Fortin) 4:00.75
1000 Free: 2. Bicocchi 11:10.25, 5. Robert Sowers 11:46.70, 6. Joseph Rupp 12:39.21
200 Free: 1. Fortin 1:55.90, 4. Michael Hyde 2:01.68
50 Free: 2. Matt Ostrelich 24.40, 5. Andrew Rawding 28.33
200 I.M.: 1. Contino 2:08.79
200 Fly: 2. Contino 2:18.53
100 Free: 1. Fortin 51.96, 4. Ostrelich 56.47, 6. Rawding 1:09.47
200 Back: 1. Bicocchi 2:12.57
500 Free: 3. Hyde 5:38.71, 4. Sowers 5:43.73, 6. Rupp 6:17.95
200 Breast: 3. Polaski 2:29.21
400 Free Relay: 2. Elizabethtown (Sowers, Rupp, Hyde, Ostrelich) 4:03.04

Women’s times for Elizabethtown:
Drew 110, Elizabethtown 93
400 Medley Relay: 2. Elizabethtown (Sarah Klaiber, Sarah Bradley, Brooke Knepper, Laura Thomson) 4:26.75, 5. Elizabethtown (Stacey Benton, Christen Cumor, Laura Barnes, Casey Kieffer) 4:53.00
1000 Free: 1. Brooke Knepper 11:16.74, 5. Emily Hahn 12:13.43, 6. Caitlin Green 12:59.51
200 Free: 2. Stacey Benton 2:12.66, 4. Kaitlyn Ellis 2:20.76
50 Free: 1. Bradley 26.01, 2. Thomson 27.31, 5. Tara Sadak 28.17
200 I.M.: 3. Kathryn Thomas 2:25.43, 5. Klaiber 2:34.47
200 Fly: 1. Knepper 2:29.31, 5. Barnes 2:56.70, 6. Ellis 3:02.74
100 Free: 1. Bradley 57.48, 3. Thomson 1:00.73, 6. Sadak 1:02.44
200 Back: 2. Klaiber 2:29.31, 4. Thomas 2:33.14, 5. Christine Ackermann 2:48.80
500 Free: 3. Hahn 6:04.20, 4. Green 6:13.94
200 Breast: 3. Cumor 2:47.56, 5. Barnes 3:02.27, 6. Yetti Yennawati 3:22.38
400 Free Relay: 1. Elizabethtown (Ellis, Thomas, Benton, Sadak) 4:17.78, 2. Elizabethtown (Green, Hahn, Kieffer, Ackermann) 4:35.94