Compton Breaks 200 IM Team Record; Men's Swimming and Diving Leads Blue Devil Invite

FREDONIA, NY – Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) won the 200 IM with a team-record time of 1:53.70 to lead the Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team at the Fredonia State Blue Devil Invite on Friday night.

Score: Penn State Behrend 1^st out of six teams (574)
Location: Fredonia, NY | Steele Hall Natatorium

Key Moments

* The Lions won three of the five events in the finals on Friday night
* Compton led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 IM with his record-breaking time
* Will Perham (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) was second in 1:59.57 and Ryan Willis (State College, PA/State College) was third (2:00.33)
* Anthony Tumino (Hershey, PA/Hershey) also won an individual event, claiming the 50 free in 21.58 followed by Dan Tanaskovic (Aliquippa, PA/Central Valley) in third (21.74)
* Tumino, Tanaskovic, Jax Abele (Erie, PA/Iroquois) and Willis were the foursome that made up the winning 200 free relay team (1:28.21)
* Tumino, Compton, Perham and Glenn Fowkes (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area) were the other team that won the 400 medley relay in 5:31.05
* In the 500 free, Shane Rupert (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) led the way with a time of 5:04.93 for fifth overall

Next Up

* Behrend returns to action tomorrow for day two of the Blue Devil Invitational hosted by Fredonia.