Grace Dangelo, Penn State Altoona, Women's Swimming
Dangelo had another stellar showing for the Lady Lions during the three-day Oberlin College Invitational, accounting for all 79 of her team's points in the meet and setting two new Penn State Altoona women's swimming records and one AMCC women's swimming record. Dangelo took first place in the "A" final for the 200 Yard Butterfly, finishing in 2:12.32 to secure 32 points and set new records in that event for both the Penn State Altoona women's swimming program and the AMCC as a conference. Dangelo also set a new Penn State Altoona women's swimming record in the 200 Yard IM, during which she clocked in a 2:12.32 to break her own team record and take third place with 27 points. Dangelo capped off her weekend by winning the "B" final in the 100 Yard Butterfly, placing ninth overall with a time of 59.67 to score 20 points.
SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: PS-Altoona FR Grace Dangelo had another stellar showing for the Lady Lions during the three-day Oberlin College Invitational, accounting for all 79 of her team's points in the meet and setting two new Penn State Altoona women's swimming records and one AMCC women's swimming record. Dangelo took first place in the "A" final for the 200 Yard Butterfly, finishing in 2:12.32 to secure 32 points and set new records in that event for both the Penn State Altoona women's swimming program and the AMCC as a conference. Dangelo also set a new Penn State Altoona women's swimming record in the 200 Yard IM, during which she clocked in a 2:12.32 to break her own team record and take third place with 27 points. Dangelo capped off her weekend by winning the "B" final in the 100 Yard Butterfly, placing ninth overall with a time of 59.67 to score 20 points.
BEST OF THE REST: PS-Behrend SO Marcella Puglia had her season-best time in the 200 freestyle, claiming seventh overall with a time of 2:00.78 at the Oberlin Invite this weekend. She led the Lions in the 500 freestyle, placing sixth with a time of 5:23.62, the fourth best time in program history and took ninth in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 18:50.07. Puglia also helped Behrend place seventh in a pair of relays...SUNY Delhi FR Kaitlyn Quezada set a new school standard in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.28, beating the previous mark of 1:15.64 set by hall-of-famer Kiyomi Shibuya in 2011. Quezada, Alexandria Caceres, Gabriela Solis and Julia Witt went on to beat the 200-yard freestyle relay college record with a time of 1:50.46, besting the previous record of 1:52.18, set by Jacquelin Graziano, Keannie Rodriguez, Lily McEnaney, and Vanessa Brown in 2013.