Feb. 14, 2017
| PENN STATE at B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
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| Boilermaker Aquatic Center | West Lafayette, Ind. | |
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Championship Central
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's swimming and diving team is set to compete in West Lafayette, Indiana, at the Big Ten Championships, hosted by Purdue in Boilermaker Aquatic Center Wednesday-Saturday.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. ET Wednesday with the timed finals of the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay. Preliminary heats will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the finals scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. each night.
COVERAGE
The four-day meet is scheduled to commence with relay finals Wednesday at 6:30, and continue Friday through Saturday with preliminaries starting at 11 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. All sessions will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. The Big Ten Network will also televise Saturday's finals Sunday, Feb. 19 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
Tickets
All-session passes for the Big Ten Championships are available for purchase online at PurdueSports.com, via phone at 800.497.7678 or 765.494.3194 and at the ticket office windows at Mackey Arena. Single-session tickets will only be available on the day of the event at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Group sales will be handled through the ticket sales office by calling 765.494.3325. A purchase of 20 or more tickets is required to receive the group rate.
THE MEET
The Nittany Lions will face some of the toughest competition in the country as three conference teams enter the event as members of the Top 25. Michigan leads the conference ranking sixth and following are No. 12 Wisconsin and No. 21 Minnesota.
Penn State is looking to improve on a seventh-place finish last season. Michigan claimed the 2016 championship, while Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State and Purdue rounded out the top five in order.
All-B1G RETURNERS
Niki Price (Manchester, Pa.) and Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.) earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Price was a member of Penn State's record-breaking 400 free relay effort that placed runner-up to conclude last year's meet.
B1G CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Penn State has claimed three Big Ten women's swimming championships (2002, 2005, 2006) and 41 individual championships since first competing in 1992.
FREESTYLE
Saloky, Tommie Dillione (Newtown, Pa.) and Casey Francis (East Meadow, N.Y.) enter the Big Ten Championships as Penn State's top freestyle performers.
In the sprint freestyles, Saloky owns Penn State's top times in the 50 and 100 frees, and her 50 free season best of 22.57 ranks eighth in the Big Ten on the psych sheet. Dillione owns the Lions' best mark in the 200 free at 1:47.65 to rank 13th in conference, while freshman Siena Salvaggio (Allentown, Pa.) also ranks in the top 20 with a top time of 1:48.69. Dillione (50.36) and Salvaggio (50.48) are both threats in the 100 too, as both rank in the top 25 on the psych sheet.
Francis has led Penn State in the 500 and mile this seasons, ranking 12th in the conference in the 500 (4:44.01) and 14th in the mile (16:28.16). Ally McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa.) (4:48.99), Dillione (4:50.78) and Katelyn Sowinski (Severna Park, Md.) (4:51.16) all enter ranking in the top 26 of the 500, and Amber Glenn (Ventnor, N.J.) ranks just behind Francis in the mile in 15th (16:36.97).
BREASTSTROKE
Emily Harris (Downington, Pa.) and freshman Annalee Johnson (Stafford, Va.) will look to lead Penn State in the breaststroke events. Harris leads the Lions in both the 100 (1:03.72) and 200 (2:16.72), while Johnson is second to her in both (1:04.36, 2:17.20).
BACKSTROKE
Price will look to lead the Lions in the 200 back, entering the meet with a B-cut season best of 1:57.40. Maddie Hart, a Big Ten Freshman of the Week early in the season, leads Penn State in the 100 with a top time of 56.08.
BUTTERFLY
Penn State will have opportunities to score in both fly events as Sowinski ranks eighth on the psych sheet with a season best of 1:57.83 and Saloky ranks 13th in the 100 with a best of 54.16.
INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Penn State is strongest in the 400 IM with a pair ranking in the top 16 on the psych sheet with NCAA B cut times. McHugh ranks eighth with a season best of 4:11.96, while senior Megan Wujciak (Livingston, N.J.) ranks 16th at 4:16.82.
In the 200, Harris leads the way with a top 20 time of 2:01.52, while Price is among Penn State's leaders at 2:01.95.
DIVING
Mackenzie Cornell (Germantown, Md.) will look to lead Penn State on the boards. She is the reigning Big Ten Diver of the Week after sweeping the 1- and 3-meter at Villanova with scores of 319.95 and 273.38, respectively,
Wednesday, Feb. 15 - RELAYS at 6:30 p.m.
200 Medley Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday, Feb. 16 - PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving - Trials (1 p.m.)
1-Meter Diving - Consolation Final
Thursday, Feb. 16 - FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
Friday, Feb. 17 - PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
100 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving - Trials (1 p.m.)
3-Meter Diving - Consolation Final
Friday, Feb. 17 - FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
100 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving
200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday, Feb. 18 - PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving - Trials (1 p.m.)
Platform Diving - Consolation Final
1,650 Freestyle (Approx. 4:15 p.m.)
Saturday, Feb. 18 - FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
1,650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving
400 Freestyle Relay