Men's Swimming and Diving Takes Back AMCC Championship

ROCHESTER, NY – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team won their 15^th Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship held in conjunction with the Allegheny Empire Championships on Saturday night.

Combined Men's Scores: 1. Hartwick (988), 2. Penn State Behrend (977.50), 3. Alfred (907), 4. Alfred State (898), 5. Penn State Altoona (566.50), 6. Nazareth (565), 7. Pitt-Bradford (326), 8. Wells (5)

Noteworthy:

* The Behrend Lions added 300 points to their total after day three to put them 10.5 points shy of winning both championships
* Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) was named the AMCC Swimmer of the Meet for the second time in his career
* Compton and Will Perham (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) each set a new team record, AMCC Open record and AMCC Meet record in their respective events
* Compton was the AMCC Champion in the 200 butterfly and second overall with a record time of 1:51.73
* Perham repeated as the AMCC Champion in the 200 breaststroke, while breaking three records with a time of 2:03.98
* Anthony Tumino (Hershey, PA/Hershey) was the third AMCC Champion on the night
* Tumino came in first in the AMCC and overall in the 200 backstroke for his first title in this event (1:53.66)
* Glenn Fowkes (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area) followed Tumino in the 200 backstroke for second place in 1:54.22
* Tumino, Jax Abele (Erie, PA/Iroquois), Dan Tanaskovic (Aliquippa, PA/Central Valley) collected the fourth win in the final relay of the championships
* The foursome clocked in at 3:09.79 for the win in the AMCC and overall
* Abele led the Lions in the 100 free with a fifth-place finish (48.44), while Alexander Kremlin (Dublin, OH/Dublin Jerome) was third in the AMCC and fifth overall in the 1650 free (16:52.17)