ROCHESTER, NY – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team is in the lead with 205 points after day one of the 2020 Allegheny Empire Championships hosted by Hartwick College at the Webster Aquatic Center on Wednesday night.  

AMCC Men's Scores: 1. Penn State Behrend (205), 2. Alfred State (104), 3. Penn State Altoona (74), 4. Pitt-Bradford (36), 5. SUNY Delhi (29)

Combined Men's Scores: 1. Nazareth (430) 2. Penn State Behrend (323) 3. Hartwick (318) 4. Alfred University (285) 5. Alfred State (163) 6. Utica (92). 7. Penn State Altoona (90) 8. Pitt-Bradford (54) 9. Suny Delhi Broncos (40)

Noteworthy:

* The Lions crowned three individual champions on the night, winning three out of the five events
* Quinn Fischer (Fairview, PA/Fairview) defended his AMCC title in the 50 free, touching first in 21.29. That time was good for fourth overall against the Empire 8 times
* Alex Croll (Honolulu, HI/Roosevelt) was second in the AMCC in the same event (21.78) and fifth overall. Croll beat his time from last year's championships by a 10 hundredths of a second
* Jacob Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) and Liam Watterson (Brentwood, PA/Baldwin) claimed their first AMCC Championships in the 500 freestyle and 200 IM, respectively
* Schmidt had a winning time of 4:42.65 for first in the AMCC and was third overall
* Watterson was the top finisher in the 200 IM (1:58.30) while four other Behrend swimmers finished in the Top 6
* The Behrend Lions finished second in the 200 medley relay time in 1:37.13 (no names provided)

Top Finishers:

500 Free
1^st – Schmidt – 4:42.65
2^nd – Brady Mattson (Wilmington, DE/Delaware Military Academy) – 4:46.21
3^rd – James Connolly (Allentown, PA/Parkland) – 4:47.18
5^th – David Ewing (South Fayette, PA/South Fayette) – 4:43.91
6^th – Luc Tomasello (Sharon, PA/Sharon) – 4:53.78

200 IM

1st – Watterson (1:58.30)
2^nd – Matt Karenbauer (Butler, PA/Knoch) – 1:59.72
4^th – Jacob Eshelman (Franklin, PA/Franklin) – 1:59.88
5^th – Gibson Hoce (Palm Harbor, FL/Palm Harbor University High) – 2:05.31
6^th – Thaddeus Johnson (Brookville, PA/Brookville) – 2:12.48

50 Free

1^st – Fischer – 21.29
2^nd – Croll – 21.79
3^rd – Justin Heller (Franklin, PA/Rocky Grove) – 22.03

Next Up:

* The Behrend Lions are back in action tomorrow for day two of the AMCC-Empire 8 Championships. Prelims begin at 10 a.m.