Mark Patterson, Penn St. Behrend, Men's Swimming
Patterson was named AMCC Swimmer of the Year for the second straight season. He won three individual events and four relays at championships. Patterson hit two NCAA B cut times, while setting 15 records.
SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: PS-Behrend SR Mark Patterson was named AMCC Swimmer of the Year for the second straight season. He won three individual events and four relays at championships. Patterson hit two NCAA B cut times, while setting 15 records.
BEST OF THE REST: PS-Altoona SO Andrew Lesnett had a strong week for the Lions at the AMCC Championships, as he helped his relay teams to third place finishes in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (1:33.70), the 200 Yard Medley Relay (1:45.79), and the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3:26.44), while posting individual finishes of fourth place in the 'A' final for the 100 Yard Freestyle (49.48) and sixth place in the 'A' final of the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:49.08)...Pitt-Bradford FR Caleb Hansen set the Pitt-Bradford school record with his performance in the 500-freestyle during Thursday morning's preliminaries with a time of 4:53.88, then in the night's finals events, he took another four seconds off the top time and re-broke the record with a time of 4:49.92, which was good for sixth place in the event. He also swam on the 400-medley relay team that took second place (3:40.53), took third in the 200-backstroke (1:59.31), and fourth in the 100-backstroke (55.78).
