University Park, Pa. - The Penn State Women's Swimming & Diving team won against Bloomsburg in their second home meet of the season. They topped the Huskies by winning every event of the day, earning a 176-56 victory.
"We've [Penn State Swim & Dive] continued to make progress," Head Coach Tim Murphy said. "They [the team] had a challenging week of school, they had a challenging week in the pool. We asked them to come in on Saturday afternoon and continue to challenge themselves. They did that. And we're a better team at the end of this week than when we started it."
The women's team was lead by seniors Sadie Schumann and Marie Schobel, junior Courtney Marlin and sophomore Kylie Rydland, who each earned a pair of individual event wins.
Top Swims
Schumann won the 100 free (52.44) and led PSU in sweeping the 200 IM. She placed first in 2:06.26 while sophomore Lizzie Danforth (2:07.41) and senior Marget Shelly (2:09.29) finished second and third.
Schobel won the 200 back (1:57.60) by 16 seconds and the 100 fly (55.94) by nearly five seconds.
Penn State won both backstroke events as sophomore Ellie Brandbergh won the 100 back in 57.74 and led the team in sweeping the event. Danforth followed Brandbergh to second in 58.48 while senior Madison Ledwith placed third (59.57) and freshman Victoria Howard finished fourth (59.71).
Marlin won the 1000 (10:11.51) and 500 free (5:00.22). In the 1000, she was followed to second by sophomore Anna Redican (10:41.36).
Rydland won the breaststroke events, placing first in the 100 (1:07.02) and in the 200 (2:24.60).
Penn State swept the 200 free with sophomore Cat Stanford placing first (1:52.85), Schumann finishing second (1:52.94) and junior Devon Forker coming home in third (1:56.76)
Sophomore Morgan Rinn won the 200 fly in 2:02.13 as Marget Shelly finished second (2:07.72).
Sophomore Mary Brinker won the 50 free by a second with a time of 23.62.
Nittany Lions Relays
Penn State won both the 400 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Schobel, graduate student Maddie Cooke, and juniors Emma Harvey and Abigail Amdor opened the meet by winning the 400 medley in 3:44.20. At the conclusion of completion, Amdor, Stanford, and freshman Marly Lough and Shelby Kahn swam the 400 freestyle relay in 3:26.07 to win the event.
Event Winners
1000 Free - Courtney Marlin (10:11.51)
200 Free - Cat Stanford (1:52.85)
100 Back - Ellie Brandbergh (57.74)
100 Breast - Kylie Rydland (1:07.02)
200 Fly - Morgan Rinn (2:02.13)
50 Free - Mary Brinker (23.62)
100 Free - Sadie Schumann (52.44)
200 Back - Marie Schobel (1:57.60)
200 Breast - Kylie Rydland (2:24.60)
500 Free - Courtney Marlin (5:00.22)
100 Fly - Marie Schobel (55.94)
200 IM - Sadie Schumann (2:06.26)
Next Up
Penn State heads back on the road to Greensboro, N.C. for the NC State Invitational. Both the men's and women's teams will compete in the three-day event from Thursday, November 18-Saturday, November 20.
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