COLUMBUS, Ohio – Penn State swimming and diving wrapped up its second day of the Ohio State Invitational, earning top-10 finishes across three events. Senior Mariano Lazzerini had a record-breaking night, setting a new program record in the 100 Breaststroke and winning the event.
Events on day two consisted of the 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast, and 200 Free relay, as well as the women’s 3-Meter Dive and men’s 1-Meter Dive.
Preliminaries:
Swimming
Margaret Markvardt earned her spot in the 100 Fly A-finals, placing 10th with a time of 53.49.
Seniors Matthew Bittner and Cooper Morley both placed in the Top 10 in the 100 Fly, earning their spots in the A-finals.
Lazzerini placed first with a 51.14 in the 100 Breast, good for a spot in the A-finals.
Diving
Sophomore Grace Brammer placed seventh in the preliminaries for the 3-meter dive, securing her spot in the finals.
Finals
Swimming
Lazzerini set a new program record for the 100 Breast, swimming a 50.96. His record-setting time was good for first place, the lone victory of the day for the Nittany Lions.
Bittner posted a 45.45 in the 100 Fly finals, good for fifth place. Morley followed closely behind, grabbing seventh place with a 45.62. Both Bittner and Morley recorded new personal bests for the event.
Markvardt touched 10th in the 100 Fly finals, with a 53.78.
Sophomore Julia Barto competed in the B-finals for the 400 IM, placing 10th in her heat with a 4:24.21 (20th overall).
Senior Andrew Christensen and freshman Ian Combs both competed in the 400 IM B-finals. Christensen earned sixth place (16th overall) with a 3:48.35, while Combs grabbed an eighth-place finish (18th overall) with a 3:51.56.
Senior Catherine Meisner swam a 1:46.71 in the 200 Free B-finals, good for second in her heat (12th overall).
Sophomore Ryan Anselm and senior Eduardo Cisternas battled in the 200 Free B-finals. Anselm grabbed fifth in the heat (15th overall) with a 1:35.76. Cisternas posted a 1:37.70, good for ninth (19th overall).
Sophomore Audrey Cohen swam a 1:01.91 in the 100 Breast B-finals, taking home fourth in her heat (13th overall).
The women's 200 Free Relay team of Markvardt, Katie Ketter, Cyrah Robinson, and Catherine Meisner touched tenth place with a 1:32.20.
The men followed in the 200 Free Relay, with Tylor Kim, Morley, Lazzerini, and Bittner posting a 1:17.26 to earn fifth place.
Diving
Brammer finished seventh in the women's 3-meter diving finals with a score of 320.45.
Senior Hayden Elliott scored a 301.65 in the B-finals of the men's 1-meter dive, good for 15th place.
Competition will resume tomorrow, Thursday, November 20th, for preliminary competitions starting at 9:30 a.m., followed by finals beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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