| Christiansburg Aquatic Center| Blacksburg, Va. | |
| POST GAME LINKS |
| Results (HTML) | Results (PDF) |
Oct. 18, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State men's swimming and diving team went 1-1 at the Virginia Tech Challenge on Saturday. The Nittany Lions defeated Old Dominion, 241-110, but fell to the host Hokies, 233-120.
Senior captain Nate Savoy (Reading, Pa.) was the top performer, winning two individual events and swimming on two first-place relay teams.
Penn State won five of the events and moved to a 2-1 dual meet record on the season. The Nittany Lions also had seven top-three finishes in individual events.
First, Savoy won the 50-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 22.16. Later, the senior posted the top time in the 200 backstroke, clocking in at 1:45.94.
Freshman David Gross (Perryville, Md.) also won an individual event for Penn State, his second win in two competitions this season. Gross topped the field in the 400-yard IM, posting a time of 4:01.88.
Savoy was also a member of the two relay teams that came out victorious for Penn State. The Nittany Lions earned their first victory of the day in the 400-yard medley relay. The team of Savoy, sophomore Andrew Schuehler (Camden, N.J.), senior Kyle Madley (Madison, N.J.) and sophomore Bob Bantley (Maple Glen, Pa.) recorded a time of 3:19.01.
In the 200 medley relay, Savoy, Schuehler, Madley and senior Jeff Young (Hershey, Pa.) earned gold by touching the wall in 1:30.09.
Penn State returns to action on Oct. 23, traveling to Morgantown, West Virginia to take on the Mountaineers.