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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 24, 2015 - The 17th-ranked Penn State women's swimming and diving team gave its seniors a proper send-off from McCoy Natatorium, posting the top performances in 15 out of 16 events en route to a 174-115 victory over Navy Saturday afternoon in the Nittany Lions' home finale.
Ten different Lions won individual events, with senior Megan Siverling (Chester Springs, Pa.), junior Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec) and sophomore Mackenzie Cornell (Germantown, Md.) winning two each. Penn State will finish the 2014-15 season with a 10-1 dual meet record, while Navy fell to 6-3.
Siverling continued to her dominance of the distance frees, posting the fastest times in the 1000 (10 minutes, 11.56 seconds,) and the 500 (4:54.98.) Ackman led sweeps of the 100 back (56.11) and 100 free (50.53), while Cornell was victorious in both the 1- and 3-meter dives, followed closely in second place by senior Meredith Harbison.
Finishing in (1:49.52) senior Caitlyn Karr (Reading, Pa.) narrowly claimed the 200 free over teammate Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.), who touched in 1:49.69, to lead a sweep of the top four places in the event. She also contributed to the top 200 medley relay effort (1:42.55) and the second-best 200 free relay team (1:35.29). Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.) was on the same relay teams and led a 1-2 senior finish in the 50 free in 23.28 seconds. Classmate Katelyn Miller (Hershey, Pa.) touched second in 23.34 seconds and was a member of both second-place relay teams.
Additional event winners included Melissa Rodriguez (Chihuahua, Mexico), who claimed the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.55, while Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.) touched second in 1:05.59. Freshmen Hannah Harper (Charlottesville, Va., 2:04.27) and Tommie Dillione (Newtown, Pa., 2:07.24) led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 butterfly, as sophomore Annie Valentine (Dearborn, Mich.) finished just .04 seconds behind Dillione in third. Anna Farnsworth (State College, Pa.) paced the 200 back in 2:03.84, while Taylor Cameron (Burlington, Ohio) did the same in the 200 breast (2:23.08). The Nittany Lions then posted the four fastest times in the 100 butterfly, led by Katie Rowe (Glenville, N.Y.) in 56.04 seconds.
Navy's lone in came in the 200 individual medley, as Charlotte Meyer posted the fastest time of 2:05.14.
PSU will have just two more tune-ups before the Big Ten Championship. Select members will compete in the Bucknell Invitational Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m. and the Virginia Tech Challenge the following week (Feb. 7-8). Ohio State is hosting the conference championship Feb. 18-21.