Feb. 20, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec) led Penn State on the third day of competition at the 2015 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, placing third in the 200-yard freestyle. As a team the Nittany Lions are seventh with one day to go.
Ackman touched the wall in 1:44.99 in the 200 free, while Caitlyn Karr (Reading, Pa.) was 14th in 1:47.15. Taylor Cameron (Burlington, Ontario) was the only other Lion to reach the championship finals on the day, and she placed seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.19. She was followed by teammates Melissa Rodriguez (Chihuahua,Mexico) in 10th (1:01.19) and Haley Sinatro (West Hartford, Conn.) in 15th (1:01.69).
Ackman and Cameron also contributed to a fifth-place finish in the 400 medley relay. Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.) and Katelyn Miller (Hershey, Pa.) swam the final two legs, touching in 3:35.35.
Fittin led the Lions in the 100 butterfly, placing ninth in 53.53, while Katie Rowe was 17th in 54.06.
Additionally, Casey Francis (East Meadow, N.Y.) led PSU in the 400 IM, placing 20th in 4:18.28, and Casey Fazio (Washington Township, N.J.) and Anna Farnsworth (State College, Pa.) finished in 21st (54.81) and 22nd (54.88), respectively in the 100 backstroke. Mackenzie Cornell (Germantown, Md.) and Meredith Harbison (Butler, Pa.) both competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives on Thursday and Friday, respectively, but neither advanced to the finals.
Penn State dropped from fifth to seventh in the team standings, and has totaled 224 points. Minnesota leads with 421.5 and is followed in order by Indiana (374), Michigan (331.5), Wisconsin (299), Purdue (261) and Ohio State (250).
The meet will resume Saturday morning with preliminary rounds at 11 a.m. and final rounds at 6:30 p.m. The finals will be aired on tape delay Sunday morning at 9 a.m.