Three Pool Records Drop; Men's Swimming Defeats Pitt-Bradford
The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving set three pool records enroute to a 174-68 win over Pitt-Bradford in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.
BRADFORD, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving set three pool records enroute to a 174-68 win over Pitt-Bradford in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.
Score: Penn State Behrend 174, Pitt-Bradford 68
Location: Bradford, PA | Paul Duke Aquatics Center
Key Moments:
* The Lions won nine events and had the top three swimmers in six events
* Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) and Will Perham (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) were apart of the record-setting 200 medley relay along with Glenn Fowkes (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area) and Anthony Tumino (Hershey, PA/Hershey)
* The foursome set the record and led a 1-2-3 finish in the 1:37.72
* Compton then posted a time of 1:58.10 in the 200 butterfly to reset the pool record
* Perham swam exhibition in the 100 breaststroke with a new pool time of 59.87
* Compton and Tumino were three-time winners on the day
* Compton also swam a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 butterfly in 52.95, while Tumino was first in the 100 and 200 backstroke with times of 55.65 and 2:03.21, respectively
* In addition to the relay, Fowkes was first in the 100 free (51.42)
* Ryan Okey (Erie, PA/McDowell) led a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 free (24.05) and Alexander Kremin (Dublin, OH/Dublin Jerome) did the same in the 500 free (5:20.09)
* The breaststroke events went to David Hauptman (Titusville, PA/Titusville) and Ryan Willis (State College, PA/State College)
* Hauptman won the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.10 and Willis finished first in the 200 breaststroke in 2:24.12
* The win is the second straight for the Lions in dual-meet action
Next Up:
* Behrend returns to the pool on Saturday against Westminster in the Junker Center Pool. Meet time is 1 p.m.