Women's Swimming and Diving Places Fifth at Oberlin; Webster Breaks Team Record
The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team recorded 685 points over three days to place fifth out of nine teams at the Oberlin Invitational.
GAMBIER, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team recorded 685 points over three days to place fifth out of nine teams at the Oberlin Invitational.
Key Moments:
* In the 200 backstroke, Emma Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) swam a time of 2:11.12 for a new team record and for third place
* Diver Julia Sank (North East, PA/North East) tallied a score of 240.10 on the one-meter board for fourth place
* Sank's score also placed her on the program's Top 10 list
* Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) improved six seconds on her seed time in the 1650 free to place second overall with a time of 18:34.03
* The Lions tallied a second third-place finish thanks to Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock) in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.58)
* Puglia, E. Webster, Aliya Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) and Cessar finished the three-day meet, taking sixth in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:50.46
Next Up
* The Lions return to action on Saturday, December 4 at Penn State Altoona. Meet time is 1 p.m.