ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team tallied a win in their home meet against Penn State Altoona. The Lions defeated conference-foe Altoona, 175-65.
Score: Penn State Behrend 175, Penn State Altoona 65
Location: Erie, PA | Junker Center Pool
Key Moments:
* The Lions won both relay events and tallied 10 individual first-place finishes
* Matt Karenbauer (Butler, PA/Knoch), Jacob Eshelman (Franklin, PA/Franklin), Rob Thompson (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) and Justin Heller (Franklin, PA/Rocky Grove) opened with a winning time of 1:41.65 in the 200 medley relay
* Jacob Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep), Cole Dombrosky (Mount Pleasant, PA/Mount Pleasant), Liam Watterson (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) and Alex Croll (Honolulu, HI/Roosevelt) ended the meet with a win in the 200 freestyle in 1:31.30
* Schmidt, Karenbauer and Eshelman registered a pair of individual wins on the day
* Schmidt won the 100 and 200 freestyle events, while Eshelman collected a win in the 50 and 100 breaststroke
* Karenbauer touched first in the 100 IM and 100 backstroke
First-Place Finishers:
* Luc Tomasello (Sharon, PA/Sharon) – 1000 freestyle (12:13.02)
* Schmidt – 200 freestyle (1:46.29), 100 freestyle (48.46)
* Watterson – 50 backstroke (27.89),
* Eshelman – 50 breaststroke (28.55), 100 breaststroke (1:04.23)
* Thompson – 100 butterfly (54.74)
* Karenbauer – 100 backstroke (57.71), 100 IM (58.37)
* Jacob Bailey (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) – 50 butterfly (26.27)
Next Up
* The Lions return to action on Saturday, April 3 at Wells in Aurora, NY. Meet time is 1 p.m.