Feb. 19, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Penn State's 200-yard freestyle team set a school record in a runner-up effort and Katelyn Sowinski (Severna Park, Md.) set a new 500 free record, as the Nittany Lions remained in fifth place at the 2015 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
The team of Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec), Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.), Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Katelyn Miller (Hershey, Pa.) posted the Lions top finish of the meet so far, completing the 200 free relay in an NCAA `A' cut time of 1:28.50 to break the previous school standard of 1:28.96, set in 2013.
Fittin and Ackman added more points in the 50 freestyle, placing fourth (22.34) and seventh (22.54), respectively. Miller and Saloky were top finishers in the consolation final, placing 10th (22.71) and 13th (22.94), respectively.
Sowinski swam the 500 free in 4:40.72 in the morning preliminaries to set a new program record, and she tied for seventh in the evening finals, touching in 4:43.24. Megan Siverling (Chester Springs, Pa,), who had broken the team's 500 free record earlier this season (4:41.86) added points by winning the bonus consolation, placing 17th in 4:44.38. Casey Francis (East Meadow, N.Y.) was 20th in 4:48.48.
Katie Rowe (Glenville, N.Y.) led the Lions in the 200 individual medley, placing 10th in 1:59.27. Haley Sinatro (West Hartford, Conn.) followed in 16th in 2:01.19, while Niki Price was 22nd in 2:02.29.
Minnesota claimed the top spot with 232.5 points, and is followed in the top five by Michigan (196.5), Indiana (179), Wisconsin (162) and Penn State (147).
Wednesday, Penn State's 800-yard freestyle relay record fell. The team of Siverling, Ackman, Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.) and Caitlyn Karr (Reading, Pa.) swam a school-record and NCAA `A' cut time of 7:05.42 to place fifth, barely breaking the standard of 7:05.44 set last season.
The meet will resume Friday morning with preliminary rounds at 11 a.m. and final rounds at 6:30 p.m. The action will be streamed live on BTN Plus.