Penn State vs. Georgia Tech

ATLANTA, Georgia, November 5. THE Penn State men's swimming & diving team used the strength of 12 event wins en route to a dominating 177-122 victory at Georgia Tech on Saturday morning. Freshman Nate Savoy (Reading, Pa.) was outstanding, winning three individual races and helping the 200 medley relay to victory.

Penn State (2-1) bounced back in fine form after a tough meet on Friday at perennial championship contender Auburn by winning 12 events on Saturday against the Yellow Jackets. Savoy led the 200 medley relay with the backstroke before giving way to Mitch Scherer (Pottstown, Pa.), Sean Grier (Hummelstown, Pa.) and Andrew Sideras (Philadelphia, Pa.) in a time of 1:31.33.

Savoy went on to win three more times in the 200 butterfly (1:50.05), 200 IM (1:53.95) and 100 backstroke (50.54). Savoy was closely followed by second-place teammate Jeff Gomez (Morristown, N.J.) in the 100 back with a time of 51.75 and in the 200 back with a time of 1:52.34.

Brian Alden (Lansdale, Pa.) was a multiple event winner on Saturday as well by capturing the 200 freestyle (1:41.92) and 100 freestyle (45.55). Joining Alden and Savoy in the multi-win ranks was freshman Nick Ankosko (East Brunswick, N.J.) who won the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events with time of 9:35.57 and 4:38.26, respectively. Grier won the 100 fly in a time of 50.24 in addition to helping the 200 medley relay's victory.

Other top performing wins included Scherer's 57.28 in the 100 breaststroke, Matt Salig's (Downingtown, Pa.) 1:50.05 in the 200 fly and Chris Cipolla's (South River, N.J.) 2:05.11 in the 200 breaststroke. Scherer was just .15 behind Cipolla with a time of 2:05.26.

Penn State returns to Pennsylvania where it will host Big Ten rival Indiana and regional rival Virginia for a Nov. 18-19 class at McCoy Natatorium.

Coming off a well-fought losing effort to Auburn on Friday, the Penn State women's swimming & diving team got back on track on Saturday afternoon, earning a 202.5-93.5 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Junior Amy Modglin (Fort Myers, Fla.) captured three events for the Nittany Lions.

Modglin took home titles in the 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke and the 200 IM. In the 200 freestyle, Modglin posted a time of 1:51.63, which was good for first place, beating her teammate in senior Erin Thomas (Bangor, Maine) by half a second. In the 200 back, Modglin smashed the field, winning by five seconds, recording a time of 2:00.06 and beating the next person by about five seconds. Modglin then wrapped up her day with a win over in the IM, finishing at 2:05.41.

Sophomore Chelsea Weedman (Poway, Calif.) was a two-event winner for the Nittany Lions on the day. Weedman took home the 200 butterfly title, as she posted a time of 2:04.22. Weedman's other victory came over in the 500 freestyle, clocking in at 5:03.29 to beat the field by three seconds.

Also winning two events on the day was senior Sam Palser (Chester Springs, Pa.). Palser took home the title in the 50 freestyle, as she earned a time of 23.48 seconds. Palser also swam the 100 freestyle in 51.89 seconds to earn first place.

Sophomore Mackenzie Powers (Sycamore, Ill.) was Penn State's other two-event winner. Powers was victorious in the 100 butterfly, as she clocked in at 55.44. Powers was also a winner in the 100 butterfly.

Penn State next takes on Indiana and Virginia at the McCoy Natatorium on Nov. 18 and 19th.

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