Women's Swimming and Diving Falls to St. Vincent
Abigail Witmer won two events to help the Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team compete at St. Vincent on Saturday afternoon.
LATROBE, Pa. – Abigail Witmer (Herndon, PA/Herndon) won two events to help the Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team compete at St. Vincent on Saturday afternoon.
The Bearcats defeated the Lions 160-78 in non-conference action.
Witmer won the 200 backstroke in 2:24.95 and then led the team in the 100 butterfly for third overall in 1:06.93. She also joined Maryn Horn (Houston, TX/Jersey Village), Gwendolyn Lowery (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) and Jessica Wyckoff (Elma, NY/Iroquois) for a first-place finish in the 200 free relay (1:47.32).
Anna Rose Watterson (Baldwin, PA/Seton-La Salle) was the other individual winner for Behrend. She clocked in at 11:56.24 to lead all swimmers in the 1000 freestyle. Watterson also placed third in the 500 freestyle (5:56.86).
Horn had the best time for the Lions in the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle. She recorded a time of 1:07.29 in the backstroke and 26.75 in the freestyle.
In the 200 freestyle, Lowery posted a time of 2:07.13 for third place.
Behrend returns to action on Wednesday, February 8 at the AMCC Championships, hosted by the Lions.