Penn State Behrend Swimming and Diving Capture 2010 AMCC Championship

The Penn State Behrend Lions men's and women's swimming and diving teams dominated the AMCC field at the conference championships on Saturday, February 20, en route to the 2010 league titles.  The championships were held at Grove City College, from February 17-20.

This marked the fourth consecutive men's and women's conference crown for Coach Jen Wallace's Behrend Lions.

Final scores for the men were as follows Penn State Behrend (385), Penn State Altoona (148), Pitt-Bradford (130), and Frostburg State (108).  Final scores for the women were Penn State Behrend (336), Penn State Altoona (152), Frostburg State (130), Pitt-Bradford (114).

The Penn State Behrend men got it started in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a team of Frank Sullivan (Montoursville/Montoursville), Clay Altemose (Apollo/Apollo-Ridge), Everett Sargent (Gibsonia/Pine-Richland) and Dane Dombrosky (Mt.Pleasant/Mt.Pleasant) who took first place with a time of 1:27.99.  Dombrosky would follow that up with a first place finish in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.43.  Altemose would put in top notch performances all weekend with wins in the 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard backstroke and the 200 yard butterfly.  Sullivan would also take first in the 50 yard freestyle while Dombrosky would once again team up to win the 400 yard freestyle relay, the 400 yard medley relay as well as the 800 yard freestyle relay.

Josh Weaver (Franklin/Franklin) would put in a great performance as he took first in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:44.81 and teamed up in the 400 and 800 yard freestyle relay to take first.  Weaver would also put in a first place performance in the 100 yard freestyle recording a time of 48.14.  Ben Strunk (Cogan Station/Williamsport) would dominate in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.17 and win the 200 yard breaststroke by almost three seconds.

John Kelley (New Kensington/Burrell) took first in the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 17:28.26 while Steve Graves (McMurray/Peters Twp.) would continue his diving dominance with first place finishes in the 1 meter and 3 meter diving with marks of 381.85 and 331.95, respectively.

Complete results here:
http://www.gccinvitational.com/Events/index.htm

Next up for the Behrend Lions swimming and diving teams will be the ECAC Championships that are set to be held on February 26, through February 28, 2010.  The NCAA Championships will follow with those on Wednesday, March 17 and Thursday, March 18.