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American Men Second, Women Third at PL Swimming and Diving Championships
Liscinsky named Male Swimmer of the Meet; Davin earns Coach of the Year nod

View Day Three Final Results

Feb. 17, 2002

ANNAPOLIS, MD. -- The American men’s swimming and diving team finished in second place at the Patriot League Championships while the women earned a third place finish at the event held from Feb. 14-16. Junior standout Mark Liscinsky was named the Male Swimmer of the Meet while seventh-year head coach Mark Davin was selected as the Men’s Coach of the Year.

The Lehigh men and the Navy women took home the team crowns at the Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championships. Four more Championship records fell on the final day in the pool, bringing the three-day total to 11 new records.

Liscinsky, who had already broken two PL records entering the final day (100-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley), posted another record time in the 200-yard backstroke on day three final mark of 1:47.81. He had originally set the bar with a 1:49.40 in the event preliminaries that morning. Liscinsky was also a member of the 800 and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Liscinsky also qualified for the NCAA Championships on Thursday with his league record time of 1:48.59 in the 200-yard individual medley.

American sophomore Dominick Szabo set another record on day three, after touching the wall first in the 200-yd breaststroke in a time of 2:00.10, which is also a NCAA provisional qualifying effort. Teammate and fellow sophomore Ethan Bassett finished second in the event and also hit the NCAA provisional mark with a time of 2:00.37 in the final.

Meanwhile, the American women posted a strong overall performance over the championships, with their most outstanding effort coming on day three. The Eagles had the most victories of any team on the last day, led by senior Junkal Irigoien in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.71). Rounding out the list of Eagle winners were sophomore Jessica Lidstrom with a 51.95 in the 100-yard freestyle and junior Stina Lindman who had a 2:21.88 in the 200-yd breaststroke.

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be competing at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships held on Feb. 22-24. The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships run from March 14-16 for the women and March 21-23 for the men.