Behrend Lions Crowned AMCC Champions; Wyckoff, Puglia Take Honors

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team were crowned the 2019 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Champions for the 11^th time in program history on Saturday night. Senior Jessica Wyckoff (Elma, NY/Iroquois) was named the AMCC Swimmer of the Year and Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) was voted AMCC Newcomer of the Year.

Women's Scores: 1. Penn State Behrend (673), 2. Alfred State (584), 3. Franciscan (327), 4. Penn State Altoona (170) 5. Pitt-Bradford (27) 6. SUNY Delhi (13)

Noteworthy:
* Puglia set a new AMCC Meet and Open record with a winning time of 18:26.62 in the 1650 freestyle
* Wyckoff repeats as champion in the 100 freestyle, picking up her third individual championship of the meet with a time of 53.39
* In the 200 breaststroke, Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock) won by nearly seven seconds with a time 2:32.17 to be crowned champion
* Wyckoff, Paola Maldonado (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Abigail Witmer (Herndon, VA/Herndon) and Puglia went out in style in the final 400 freestyle relay. The foursome won with a time of 3:40.29 to set three new records; the team, AMCC Meet and Open records

Top Finishers:

1650 Free

4^th - Lacey Grinnen (Warren, PA/Warren) – 19:17.02
5^th – Madi Buckley (Huntingdon County, PA/Huntingdon Area) – 19:31.87

200 Back

2^nd – Witmer  – 2:13.94
3^rd – Allison McClure (Loveland, OH/Milford) – 2:23.05
5^th – Jessica Rettger (Bradford, PA/Bradford Area) – 2:34.02

100 Free

3^rd – Maldonado – 56:04
4^th – Remy De Guzman (Mission Viejo, CA/Trabuco Hills) – 57.21

200 Breast

4^th – Laura Barmore (Ashville, NY/Panama Central) – 2:46.28

200 Fly

3^rd – Valerie Grimes (Farmington, PA/Uniontown) – 2:39.49