Women clip wings

Andy Mees
Staff Writer

   After securing its first dual win of the season, Etown's swim team fell short in its subsequent two meets, losing to conference rival Albright College and McDaniel College.
   On Jan. 14, the Jays went up against the defending Middle Atlantic Conference champion Lions. The Jays tallied scores of 73 points for the women's team and 49 for the men's, which were no match for Albright's 114 points put forth by the women's team, and the 112 by the men's team. Bright spots for the Jays included junior Keeley Trumbo scoring a victory in the 200-yard butterfly, swimming a time of 2 minutes, 25.18 seconds and first-year Laura Quigley getting the win in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:33.76.
   The Jays fell to McDaniel Jan. 17, 114-68, in the men's meet and 120-84 in the women's. Although the scores seem lopsided, the Jays scored many victories for both teams. Etown won both the men's and women's 400-yard relays, with the team of graduate student Rachel Halton, first-years Gretchen Geiger and Jenny Brizek and Trumbo winning the women's race, and junior Jason Rose, sophomores Darren DiObilda and Daniel McGuian and senior Brian Thudium swimming to the win for the men's race. Both teams swam solid times, with the women coming in at 4:22.43 and the men swimming a time of 4:20.83.
   The day was particularly special for Trumbo and DiObilda with the tandem combining for three individual wins. Trumbo's victories came in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:08.58 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:23.36. Later in the day, DiObilda won the men's 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:19.05.
   The women's team scored a victory Saturday over the conference rival Juniata College Eagles, winning by a score of 106-90. The relay team of Halton, Geiger, Brizek and Trumbo struck again, this time winning the 200-yard medley in 1:58.93. All the members of the team except Halton scored individual wins in the meet as well, with Brizek and Trumbo winning the 200 and 100-yard freestyle races. Geiger led the way with two individual victories, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 27.34 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.41.
   The two teams take to the pool on Saturday at 1 p.m. against the University of Scranton Royals in another Middle Atlantic Conference showdown.

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