Men's Swimming Tied For Third on Second Day of Oberlin Invite

Men's Swimming Tied For Third on Second Day of Oberlin Invite

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.