ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in a virtual meet on Saturday against Oberlin, Hiram and Wittenberg. The men had three team victories, while the women earned one.
Men's Scores: Penn State Behrend 196, Wittenberg 61; Penn State Behrend 210, Oberlin 49; Penn State Behrend 213, Hiram 31
Women's Scores: Wittenberg 130, Penn State Behrend 125; Oberlin 182, Penn State Behrend 83; Penn State Behrend 156, Hiram 89
Location: Erie, PA | Junker Center Pool
Men's Key Moments:
* All four teams were competing against the clock in their own respective pools and the times were merged to generate the results
* The men captured the top three spots in three events, including the 200 yard medley relay, 100 yard breaststroke and the closing 200 yard freestyle relay
* Alex Croll (Honolulu, HI/Roosevelt) and Jacob Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) were both on the winning relays.
* Croll, Jacob Eshelman (Franklin, PA/Franklin) and Rob Thompson (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) were two-time individual winners.
* Croll won the 50 breaststroke (28.50) and the 50 butterfly (24.39) while Eshelman touched first in the 200 freestyle (1:51.94) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.83)
* Newcomer Thompson grabbed first-place finishes in the 100 butterfly (54.28) and the 200 IM (2:05.41)
* Schmidt led a 1-3-4-5 finish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 49.72
Women's Key Moments:
* Freshman Aliyah Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) was the lone individual winner for the Lions. She touched in 37.53 in the 50 breaststroke and then won the 100 breaststroke in 1:21.41.
* Webster also led the Lions in the 200 freestyle with a fifth-place finish in 2:15.23
* Freshman Macie Peyton (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) came in second in the 500 freestyle (6:07.60) in her debut
* The 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay each placed third overall
