Behrend Men's Swimming Spreads the Wealth in Win Over Wells

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team only surrendered 29 points, defeating Wells in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon in the Junker Center.

Score:  Penn State Behrend 171, Wells 29
Location: Erie, Pa. | Junker Center Pool  

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions won 14 of the 16 events
* Behrend had 10 swimmers each win an individual event
* Jacob Earley (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) led the Lions with two individual wins on the day
* Earley scored a 207.05 on the one-meter diving event and posted a 204.45 on the three-meter event for first in both
* David Hauptman (Titusville, PA/Titusville) joined Dan Tanaskovic (Monaca, PA/Central Valley), Nevin Rutherford (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) and Anthony Tumino (Hershey, PA/Hershey) in the winning 400 medley relay (3:52.53)
* Hauptman also won 50 free (24.47)
* In the 1000 freestyle, Will Perham (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) touched in 10:51.71 for first place
* Mike Pazuchanics (McMurry, PA/Peters Township) led a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 200 free (2:00.53), while Jax Abele (Erie, PA/Iroquois) followed with a win in the 50 backstroke (27.45)
* Owen Grubbs (Ohioville, PA/Ohioville) and Ethan Turner (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) were first in the 100 backstroke (1:03.56) and 500 free (5:29.37), respectively
* In the 50 breaststroke, Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) touched in 28.58 for first
* Ronan Murphy (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia) and Cody Nikolai (Erie, PA/Erie High) were winners in 100-yard events
* Murphy won the butterfly (56.73) and Nikolai the freestyle (56.40)

Next Up

* The Lions return to action on Wednesday, February 15 at the AMCC Championships.