BEHREND MEN CLAIM 10TH STRAIGHT AMCC CHAMPIONSHIP; ROTH TAKES HOME HIGH-POINT HONORS
The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team won their 10th straight AMCC Championship with an impressive finals competition on Saturday evening hosted by Grove City.
The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team won their 10th straight AMCC Championship with an impressive finals competition on Saturday evening hosted by Grove City.
The Lions took first in every event they participated to finish the three-day meet with 372 points to claim the 2016 title. Behrend posted a commanding advantage over second-place Pitt-Bradford (140). Cabrini took third (116) and Penn St. Altoona was fourth (68).
Behrend junior Nick Roth was named the highest-point winner for the AMCC meet with 27 points. This is in part to Roth setting three new records and was being named AMCC Champion in the 200 butterfly. He set the AMCC open, AMCC meet and program record with a time of 1:54.45.
Freshman Nick Snyder won his first AMCC title in the 100 freestyle before following that up with a gold in the 400 free relay.
Behrend capped a strong three days with a first place finish in the 400 free relay. Snyder, junior Nick Kost, senior Ty Elder and Roth were the four that made up the winning relay with a time of 3:12.91.
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