Tumino, Compton Break Records on Day One at Fredonia Invite; Lions Take Early Lead

FREDONIA, NY – Anthony Tumino (Hershey, PA/Hershey) set three records in the 50 free 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 (597)
Location: Fredonia, NY | Steele Hall Natatorium

Key Moments

* The Lions sit in first place after day one of competition with a team score of 597
* As a team, Behrend won four of the five events on the night
* Tumino won the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.78, breaking the program record, the AMCC open record and the Fredonia pool record
* Tumino also joined Glenn Fowkes (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area), Isaac Stoeckle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) and Ethan Turner (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) in the 200 free relay with a winning time of 1:26.39
* Behrend had four swimmers advance to the "A" finals and led by Tim Compton (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) with a prelim time of 1:58.36
* Compton, who set the team record in the 200 IM last year on this day, did it again with a new time of 1:53.39
* Compton also broke the AMCC open record while swimming to a first-place finish
* Fowkes, Will Perham (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair), Compton and Tumino made up the 400 medley relay team that won with a time of 3:26.33
* Perham and Shane Rupert (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) dropped their times in the 500 free preliminaries to advance to the "A" finals
* Perham, who had the sixth best time heading into the finals, led the Lions with a third-place finish with a time of 4:56.11

Next Up

* Behrend returns to action tomorrow for day two at the Blue Devil Invitational hosted by Fredonia. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.