| PENN STATE @ OHIO STATE FALL INVITATIONAL | |
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Friday-Saturday, Nov. 18-20 | |
| McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion | Columbus, Ohio | |
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The goal will be to swim or dive at night, as Penn State swimming & diving will compete against nine other schools in its fall finale at the Ohio State Fall Invitational Friday-Sunday in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
For the first time this season, the Nittany Lions will eschew the dual meet format and will be seeking to advance out of morning preliminaries into evening finals. The meet will be Penn State's last in 2016.
Schedule
Friday, November 18
11:00 a.m. - Day 1 Swimming Prelims
11:15 a.m. - Diving Prelims: Men's 1 Meter, Women's 3 Meter
6:00 p.m. - Day 1 Swimming Finals
6:15 p.m. - Diving Finals
Saturday, November 19
10:00 a.m. - Day 2 Swimming Prelims
1:00 p.m. - Diving Prelims: Men's 3 Meter, Women's 1 Meter
5:00 p.m. - Day 2 Swimming Finals
5:15 p.m. - Diving Finals
Sunday, November 20
9:00 a.m. - Day 3 Swimming Prelims
1:00 p.m. - Platform Finals
TBD - 1650 freestyle, Slowest to Fastest
3:00 p.m. - Day 3 Swimming Finals
Events
Friday Prelims 11 a.m. Finals 6 p.m. | Saturday Prelims 10 a.m. Finals 5 p.m. | Sunday Prelims 9 a.m. Finals 3 p.m. |
200 Free Relay | 200 Medley Relay | 1650 Free |
500 Free | 400 IM | 200 Backstroke |
200 IM | 100 Butterfly | 100 Free |
50 Free | 200 Free | 200 Breaststroke |
400 Medley Relay | 100 Breaststroke | 200 Butterfly |
1 mtr Diving (M) | 100 Backstroke | 400 Free Relay |
3 mtr Diving (W) | 800 Free Relay | Platform |
1 mtr Diving (W) | ||
3 mtr Diving (M) |
The Competition
On the men's side, the meet will feature the host Buckeyes, ranked No. 25, as well as, No. 22 Kentucky, Iowa, Pitt, Utah, Yale and NCAA Division III power No. 2 Kenyon. The same schools will also have women's teams, and No. 1 Stanford and Washington State will also join. No. 22 Ohio State and No. 23 Kentucky enter as additional top-25 teams, while the Kenyon women are also ranked No. 2 in Division III.
The Nittany Lions
For some of Penn State's top swimmers, it will be their third consecutive week of competition.
For the men, Shane Ryan competed in last week's USA College Challenge when the Big Ten united to take on the USA Swimming National Team in a dual meet. Ryan impressed, swimming the fastest 100 backstroke in the NCAA this season at 45.75. Ryan also owns the second-fastest 100 free (43.09) in the NCAA and ranks 17th in the 50 free (22.09). Matt Stasiunas has led the distance effort, ranking in the Top 50 nationally in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:29.35, while the trio of Hector Garcia, Connor Scanlon and Jack Crow lead a formidable diving effort.
The Penn State women are receiving votes for the Top 25 led by a trio of Top 20 NCAA swimmers. Casey Francis leads ranking ninth in the 500 free after posting a swim of 4:44.01 in the USA College Challenge. Katelyn Sowinski also posted a season-best in the 200 butterfly at the same event, touching in 1:57.83. Sowinski also ranks 34th in the 500 free at 4:51.36. Sophomore Ally McHugh is another ranked in the Top 20, as her season best of 4:15.54 in the 400 IM ranks 16th nationally. She also trails Sowinski in the 500 free, ranking 35th in 4:51.36. Senior Katie Saloky has also had a strong season, ranking 28th in the 50 free so far with a best of 22.90.
Next Up
Following exams and the annual winter training trip, Penn State will return to competition Jan. 13-14 hosting Yale and Rutgers in McCoy Natatorium.