Men's Results | Women's Results | Team Scores

LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore Matt Libby (Freeport, Maine/Cheverus) had another big day to lead the Gettysburg College swimming teams on Day Two of the Centennial Conference (CC) Championships on Saturday at Franklin & Marshall College's Kunkel Aquatic Center.

The women's team, which led by 18 points after the first day of competition, has slipped into second in a tight race for the team title. With 437 points, the Bullets now trail Franklin & Marshall by 11 points. On the men's side, Gettysburg checks in at third place, scoring 370 points and trailing Swarthmore (504.5) and F&M (570.5).

After anchoring the 200-free relay team to a come-from-behind victory on Friday, Libby placed among the top-two in three others on Saturday. He earned his first individual Centennial Conference gold medal when he won the 100-fly in 51.27, just two-hundredths of a second shy of a NCAA “B” cut. However, he would get his B cut as well as a school record later in the evening, when he captured runner-up honors in the 100-back, finishing in 51.41. Libby broke the former Gettysburg record of 52.15 set by Matt McKenna in 1995, and he is the Gettysburg men's first 100-fly CC champion since Pete Casares in 1998.

Libby also swam on the Bullets 800-free relay team that took second in 7:04.80, joining junior Adam Taft (Wilton, Conn./Wilton), junior Stephen Stopenski (Merchantville, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep), and sophomore Drew Close (Berwyn, Pa./Haverford School).

Others who earned a spot in the “A” finals were sophomore Tom Everett (Timonium, Md./McDonogh School) in the 100-fly (fourth, 52.62), Close in the 200-free (fourth, 1:45.17), sophomore Pat McDevitt (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) in the 400-IM (seventh, 4:18.57) and the 100-back (eighth, 55.62), and sophomore Roger Nawrocki (Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) in the 100-breast (eighth, 1:02.13).

Other Bullets who picked up points in the “B” finals were junior Donald Bennett (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) in the 100-back (ninth, 55.37), Taft in the 200-free (11th, 1:42.23), sophomore Matt Blutfield (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) in the 100-fly (12th, 55.62) and the 100-breast (16th, 1:04.58), Stopenski in the 200-free (12th, 1:48.66), sophomore Cam Decker (New Preston, Conn./Shepaug Valley) in the 100-back (12th, 56.15), senior Alex Soult (Mt. Holly, N.J./Rancocas Valley Regional) in the 100-fly (13th, 56.08), sophomore Paul Besancon (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) in the 200-free (14th, 1:49.36), sophomore Kyle Bauer (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) in the 100-fly (15th, 57.04), and freshman Brencis Navia (Summit, N.J./Summit) in the 100-breast (15th, 1:04.53).

For the women's team, freshman Siobhan Collins (Darnestown, Md./Bullis School) and sophomore Kayte Demont (Cumberland, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy) were the top finishers, taking one third-place finish apiece. Collins was clocked at 4:49.69 in the 400-IM while Demont touched in 1:02.30 in the 100-back.

Eight other Bullets qualified for Saturday's “A” final to finish among the top-eight. Freshman Brooke Lacey (Darien, Conn./Darien) took fourth in the 100-breast (1:08.31) while junior Maggie Mulderrig (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep School) (100-fly, 1:00.16) and freshman Caroline Coolidge (South Windsor, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford) (200-free, 1:58.99) each took fifth. Coming in sixth were senior Patrice Boucher (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Shipley School) in the 400-IM (5:01.69) and freshman Katie Timmerman (Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon) in the 100-breast (1:09.64) while senior Alex Newman (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) (200-free, 1:59.84) and freshman Cassie Close (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) (100-back, 1:03.44) were seventh. Junior Susannah Ferrer (Darien, Conn./Darien) came in eighth in the 200-free (1:59.96).

Others who gained additional points in the “B” finals were sophomore Mariesa Slaughter (Harrisonville, Mo./Harrisonville) in the 100-fly (12th, 1:02.56) and freshman Cheryl Olechnowicz (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) in the 200-free (13th, 2:01.44).

The women's team also picked up a pair of third-place finishes in the relays. Demont, Lacey, Slaughter, and Mulderrig teamed up for a time of 1:52.20 in the 200 medley while Newman, Ferrer, Timmerman, and Coolidge posted an 8:00.88 in the 800 free.

The championships conclude on Sunday, with trials starting at 10 a.m. and finals beginning at 6 p.m.