Men's Swimming Tied For Third on Second Day of Oberlin Invite
The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team has 711 points after 24 events to sit tied for third place after day two of the Oberlin Invitational.
GAMBIER, Ohio. – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team has 711 points after 24 events to sit tied for third place after day two of the Oberlin Invitational.
Key Moments:
* There is 17.5 points separating first through third place, paced by Alfred State with 728.5 points
* Baldwin Wallace is in second place, while Behrend and Allegheny tied for third
* The Lions opened the finals with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay
* Matt Karenbauer (Butler, PA/Knoch), Jake Niziol (Eighty-Four, PA/Ringgold), Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny), and Dan Tanaskovic (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Valley) clocked in with a time 1:36.67
* Jake Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) tallied the teams only individual first-place finish on the day, touching in 1:42.96 in the 200 freestyle
* Compton added another third-place finish in the 100 butterfly in 51.82, while Hoce Gibson (Palm Harbor, FL/Palm Harbor University High) took sixth in the 400 IM (4:31.29)
* Jacob Eshelman (Franklin, PA/Franklin) led Behrend in the 100 breaststroke, clocking in at 1:00.56 for fourth place
* The Lions tallied another fourth-place finish thanks to Karenbauer in the 100 backstroke (53.22)
* Behrend recorded a relay win to conclude the night
* The 800 free relay posted a winning time of 7:00.32 behind the efforts of Eshelman, Compton, Schmidt and Karenbauer
Next Up
* The Lions return to action tomorrow for the final day of the Oberlin Invite. Prelims are at 9 a.m. and finals begin at 5 p.m.