ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team had nine student athletes honored with 29 All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) accolades, announced on Thursday.
The Lions are coming off a second-place finish at the 2020 AMCC Championships last week, earning eight first-team honors and 21 second-team accolades. Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk), the 2019 AMCC Newcomer of the Year, returned this year to lead the team with four first-team honors and three second team. She was the repeat champion in the 500 free, 1650 free and in the 800 freestyle relay. Puglia reset her AMCC Meet and Open Records in the 1650 she broke last season with a time of 18:08.07.
Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock) earned five all-conference honors for Behrend. She was the individual champion in the 200 breaststroke and finished second in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, while swimming on two second-place relays.
All-Conference:
Puglia
First Team – 500 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle Relay, 1650 Freestyle
Second Team – 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
Cessar
First Team – 200 Breaststroke
Second Team – 200 IM, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 100 Breaststroke
Alison McClure (Loveland, OH/Milford)
First Team –800 Free Relay
Second Team – 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Backstroke
Lacey Grinnen (Warren, PA/Warren)
First Team – 800 Free Relay
Second Team – 400 Medley Relay
Madi Buckley (Huntingdon County, PA/Huntingdon Area)
First Team – 800 Free Relay
Second Team – 200 Freestyle, 400 Free Relay
Olivia Webster (Hopewell, PA/Hopewell)
Second Team – 200 Medley Relay, 200 Backstroke
Lauren Barmore (Ashville, NY/Panama Central)
Second Team – 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Trulee Stainbrook (DuBois, PA/DuBois Area)
Second Team – 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
Valerie Grimes (Farmington, PA/Uniontown)
Second Team – 200 Medley Relay
