Women's Swimming and Diving Welcomes Penn State Altoona Saturday

Women's Swimming and Diving Welcomes Penn State Altoona Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team will host Penn State Altoona in their lone home meet this Saturday. The meet is set for 1 p.m. in the Junker Center. No fans are permitted.

Coverage

Video | Heat Sheet (Lane 1 is on the far side; Changes may occer during meet)

Penn State Behrend News & Notes

* The Behrend Lions are competing four times this spring
* The Lions will honor Tahlia Smith (Oxford, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) for Senior Day
* Behrend returns junior Marcelle Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk), the AMCC record holder in the 1650 freestyle and a four-time AMCC Champion from last season
* The Lions competed in a virtual meet with Wittenberg, Hiram and Oberlin back in November
* Behrend defeated Hiram 156-89 and fell to Wittenberg and Oberlin
* All four teams swam in their respective pools and merged the times to generate results
* Freshman Aliyah Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) won the 50 breaststroke (37.53) and the 100 breaststroke (1:21.41)
* Freshman Macie Peyton (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) was runner up in the 500 freestyle (6:07.60) in her collegiate debut

Penn State Altoona News & Notes

* Saturday's meet is the lone competition for the Altoona Lions this season
* Altoona has six swimmers competing this season, including one junior, two sophomores and three newcomers
* Last season, the Lions finished fourth at the AMCC Championships
* Altoona returns sophomore Grace Dangelo, the AMCC Swimmer and Newcomer of the Year
* Dangelo was the top point-getter of any women's swimmer at the conference championships