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Oct. 18, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's swimming and diving team swept the field, picking up four dualvictories at the Virginia Tech Challenge Saturday. The Nittany Lions downed Virginia Tech (197-156), Old Dominion (285-68), Liberty (270-74) and James Madison (274-79).
Penn State earned wins in 10 of the 19 events on the day, including the divers, while improving to 5-0 on the season. The Nittany Lions had two of the top three performers in 11 events on the day.
Junior Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec), senior Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.) and senior Megan Siverling (Chester Springs, Pa.) each won multiple individual events.
Ackman finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.54) and the 100-yard freestyle (50.61). Fittin topped the field in the 50 free (23.37) and the 50-yard butterfly (24.78), her first time competing in the 50 fly. Siverling, who also won two events in the season opener, took gold in the 1000 free (9:53.47) and the 500 free (4:51.72). Her 1000 free performance is a personal best.
The Nittany Lions also won four relay events to cap off their victories. First, the team of juniors Casey Fazio (Washington Township, N.J.), Melissa Rodriguez (Chihuahua, Mexico), Katie Rowe (Glenville, N.Y.) and Ackman touched the wall in 3:44.30 in the 400-yard medley relay.
Later, junior Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.), sophomore Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.), senior Katelyn Miller and Fittin teamed up to clock in at 1:33.52 to lead the field. Ackman, Rodriguez, Fittin and Saloky won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.47, while Fittin, senior Caitlyn Karr (Reading, Pa.), Jones and Ackman also touched the wall first in the 400 free relay with a mark of 3:23.08.
In diving action, sophomore Mackenzie Cornell (Germantown, Md.) placed third in 3-meter action with a score of 280.10.
Penn State returns to action on Oct. 23, traveling to Morgantown, West Virginia to take on the Mountaineers.