Penn State Swimming & Diving Set for Princeton, B1G/ACC Challenge

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State men's and women's swimming and diving teams will compete in two meets this weekend, with the majority of the team traveling to Princeton for a two-day meet Friday and Saturday, the Big Al Open in the Denunzio Pool, and select members competing in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at Purdue Saturday and Sunday.
 
Big Al Open
The team will compete on Friday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., as well as Saturday at 10 a.m. Teams competing include Princeton, Lehigh, Duke and Northwestern.
 
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 9 @ 10 a.m.
200 Free Relay
200 Free
200 IM
50 Free
---Break---
400 Med. Relay
 
Friday, November 9 @ 6 p.m
200 Med. Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
---Break---
800 Free Relay
 
Saturday, November 10 @ 10 a.m.
1650 Free
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
---Break---
400 Free Relay
 
*Diving is TBD
 
Sessions two and three of the meet will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
Big Ten/ACC Challenge
The rosters have been set for the inaugural ACC/Big Ten Challenge, slated for Saturday and Sunday at Purdue's Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind. Penn State will send three swimmers and one diver to represent the Big Ten at the two-day meet.
 
Senior team captain Ally McHugh and junior swimmer Maddie Hart were picked to represent the Penn State women, whilE sophomore swimmer Gabe Castano and senior diver Hector Garcia Boissier were chosen to represent the Penn State men for the Big Ten.
 
On Saturday, the meet will be streamed on the BTN Plus on BTN2Go and on FloSports/FlowSwimming.com beginning at 5 p.m. On Sunday, the meet can be seen live on BTN TV and BTN 2Go starting at 10 a.m. The BTN is also available on Fox Sports and the Fox Sports Go app.
 
All live results will be available here, on the Meet Mobile app, and on DiveMeets.com.

Last Time Out for Penn State
The Penn State men and women last faced off against Virginia Tech and No. 10 Ohio State. The men's team was led by Garcia Boissier, who was named the Big Ten Men's Diver of the Week as he earned a final score of 366.30 in the 1-meter and 403.55 in the 3-meter. Garcia is undefeated in three meets this season. Senior Jack Crow also scored well for the divers, earning a place at NCAA Zones with a score of 344.55 in the 3-meter.
 
For the swimmers, Michael Daly continued his strong freshman year campaign with two top finishes, including first in the 400 IM (3:57.30) and second in the 200 back (1:48.47).  Castano also led the Nittany Lions, placing fourth in the 50 free (20.51).
 
The women were led by McHugh as she clinched first in the 500 free (4:49.95), 1000 free (9:55.97) and 400 IM (4:17.08). Additionally, Hart raced a season-best time of 2:00.51 in the 200 back and took first place in both the 100 and 200 fly with times of 55.43 and 2:02.82, respectively.

Next Up
Penn State divers will travel to Annapolis, Maryland for an all-diving meet against Navy next Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 15-17. The full team will compete again Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville, Tennessee.
 
Check GoPSUSports.com for coverage of the Penn State swimming and diving teams during the season. Follow the team on Twitter at @PennStateSWIM and on Facebook at facebook.com/pennstateswimminganddiving.
 
A fundraiser has been launched to support freshman women's swimmer Nikolette Nolte and her family for costs associated with her leukemia treatment. Any surplus funds will be donated to THON and the Jessie Rees Foundation to help others facing pediatric cancer. Donate at gopsu.info/nikistrong.