Saturday, November 2, 1996 -- The Loyola College Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Teams travelled to Georgetown University and took their first losses of the season. The men lost by a score of 132-111 and the women lost 139-102. Georgetown's depth was a little too strong for Loyola as they consistently took three of the four top places in individual races.
Strong efforts from the Loyola men's team included two first place finishes from Junior Mark Gallagher. He snagged a victory in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 22.64 seconds. Later, Gallagher swam away from the field in the 100 yard backstroke in a time of 53.82. Freshman John Moore stole the show in the 1000 and 500 yard freestyles, winning them with times of 10:14.75 and 4:53.48 respectively. The team of Dave Raver, Moore, Kevin Stack, and Vin Massey took first place in the 200 yard freestyle relay. For Georgetown, John Willey took first in the 100 and 200 yard freestyles and Jim Steckart stole the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard breastroke. Both were a part of Georgetown's winning 200 yard medley relay.
The women were only able to come away with five victories. Two of them came from Sophomore Kathleen Griffin, who continued her impressive winning streak with victories in the one meter and three meter diving competitions. Senior Amy Cole won the 100 yard freestyle in a time of 56.54. Freshman Christine Gahagan took first in the 50 free with a time of 26.31. Jen Wood, Alison Bailey, Gahagan, and Cole won the 200 yard freestyle relay. The Georgetown women were helped with wins by Jeannine Wiley in the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly and Meghan Welch in the 200 I.M. and the 100 yard breastroke. They were both in the first place 200 medley relay.
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