Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference; Wallace Named Coach of the Year

Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference; Wallace Named Coach of the Year

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team registered 30 All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) accolades while head coach Jen Wallace garnered Coach of the Year honors after capturing the 2022 AMCC Championship last weekend.

Wallace led the Lions to their 12th AMCC Championship with 786 points over the four-day event. Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) won three individual events and two relays, while landing on the second team in two relays to lead Behrend with seven All-Conference honors. Emma Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) was second on the team with four first-team honors and one second team.

All-Conference:

Puglia
First Team – 500 Freestyle, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 800 Free Relay, 1650 Freestyle
Second Team – 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay

E. Webster
First Team – 400 Medley Relay, 100 Backstroke, 800 Free Relay, 200 Backstroke
Second Team – 200 Medley Relay

Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock)

First Team – 400 Medley Relay, 200 Breaststroke
Second Team – 200 IM, 200 Medley Relay, 100 Breaststroke, 400 Free Relay

Aliya Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford)
First Team – 800 Free Relay
Second Team – 500 Freestyle, 400 IM, 200 Butterfly, 400 Free Relay

Valerie Grimes (Farmington, PA/Uniontown)
First Team – 400 Medley Relay
Second Team – 200 Medley Relay

Bella Nadzam (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy)
First Team – 800 Free Relay
Second Team – 400 Free Relay, 1650 Freestyle

Julia Sank (North East, PA/North East)
Second Team – 1m diving, 3m diving