ROCHESTER, NY – Penn State Behrend women's swimmers Camryn Watters (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield) and Jadyn Danylko (Erie, PA/McDowell) were crowned AMCC Champions on day three of the 2024 Allegheny Empire Championship at the Webster Aquatic Center on Friday night.  

Combined Women's Scores: 1. Nazareth (722), 2. Penn State Behrend (692.50), 3. Alfred State (551), 4. Hartwick (548), 5. Alfred (351), 6. Penn State Altoona (330), 7. Pitt-Bradford (162.50), 8. Wells (105)

Noteworthy:

* Watters broke her team record in the 100 backstroke on the way to victory with a new time of 57.70
* Watters also tied her previous record of 58.30 in the preliminaries of the 100 back
* Danylko won her first AMCC Title, touching first in the 100 butterfly with a winning time of 59.33
* Becca Krenzer (Grove City, PA/Grove City) was the runner up in the 100 butterfly and third overall (1:03.30)
* Watters, Danylko, Krenzer and Heidi Schwartz (Webster, NY/Webster) swam 4:06.45 in the 400 medley relay for the AMCC silver medal and fourth overall
* Madelyn King (Uniontown, PA/Uniontown) led the Lions in the 400 IM, placing second in the AMCC and third overall with a time of 4:50.23
* Isabel Sheridan (Allentown, PA/Parkland) was close behind King with a time of 4:51.65 in the 400 IM for third place in the conference and fourth for the meet
* Emily Russell (Oil City, PA/Oil City) had the top time in the 200 freestyle for fourth in the AMCC (2:03.77)
* In the 100 breaststroke, Hanny Shen (Tegucigalpa, Honduas/Academia Los Pinares) led the Lions with a fifth-place finish in the AMCC and ninth overall (1:13.66)
* Behrend had four swimmers in the top seven in the 100 backstroke, paced by Marin O'Lone (Edinboro, PA/General McLane)

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to the water tomorrow for the final day of the AMCC Empire Championships. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. with finals at 5 p.m.