BUFFALO — The Jamestown Community College women’s swim team moved closer to third consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association Swimming & Diving National Championship on Thursday at Erie Community College’s Burt Flickinger Aquatic Center.

On the back of two All-American finishes from Madison Kramer (Falconer, N.Y./Frewsburg CS) in the 100-yard butterfly and the 50-yard backstroke, the Jayhawks moved into first place with 115 points. Trailing is Monroe Community College with 114 points and Genesee Community College with 100.

“Madi did a nice job for us tonight to help set the pace for what we did,” Jayhawks head coach Todd Conklin said. “She has a long history of swimming and she has a couple big events left. We’re looking to see her continue what she does and I expect to see some big swims out of her.”

Kramer swam for school records, setting a mark of 1:00.96 in the 100-yard butterfly and a time of 28.23 in the 50-yard backstroke to earn eight place in both events.

Jenna Fieberger (Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa/Fourways HS) finished 12th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:08.40.

Then in the relays the girls picked up a seventh- and sixth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay, respectively.

The quartet of Kramer, Hannah Eckert (Frewsburg, N.Y./Frewsburg CS), Fieberger and Stacey Blackler (Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa/Edenvale HS) swam for a time of 1:47.30 in the freestyle and then the team of Kramer, Lindsey Spitz (Jamestown, N.Y./Jamestown HS), Fieberger and Eckert swam a time of 4:23.24 in the medley for a new school record.

“Obviously, it was a tough grueling day,” Conklin added. “We fought through a lot of things and I’m really proud of the effort. In the last relay they really gutted it out, I’m hoping that fight and momentum can carry into tomorrow.”

MEN

The Jamestown CC men saw improvement from the first day, turning in a seventh- and eighth-place finish in the relays.

First the team of Steven Zentz (Dunkirk, N.Y./Dunkirk HS), Joseph Keyser (Mayville, N.Y./Chautauqua Lake CS), Maxim Johnson (Johannesburg, South Africa/King Edwards VII School) and Josh Carr (Wigan, England/Standish Community HS) took seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:37.94 and then the same group earned eighth in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 4:10.33.

Individually, Keyser earned 17th in the 50-yard backstroke at 28.51 for a new school record. Then Johnson placed 14th in the 100-yard butterfly with a new school record time of 51.74 and then he set a school and Region 3 record in the 50-yard butterfly at 23.60.

Currently, the men sit in third place with a score of 49 points and Monroe Community College leads at 109.

“We’ve had a lot of ups and downs,” Conklin said about both teams. “We haven’t had a great day and we’re looking for that day to come.”