WEBSTER, N.Y. – By the conclusion of the fourth and final day of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championships at Webster Aquatic Center on Saturday night, the Penn State Altoona women's swimming team had locked up third place out of six conference teams.

The Lions racked up a team score of 537.5 over the course of the four-day meet, taking third place in the AMCC and fifth out of 10 total teams competing in the combined AMCC-Empire 8 championships meet.

Nazareth College, the host institution of the meet, took first place overall with 1,340.5 points. Penn State Behrend won the AMCC title, taking second place overall and first in the AMCC with 786 points.

Alfred State College took second place in the AMCC with 592.5 points, Wells College was fourth with 225 points, Pitt-Bradford placed fifth with 158.5 points, and Medaille College came in sixth with 19 points.

Grace Dangelo (State College, PA/State College) earned an individual first place AMCC finish for Penn State Altoona in the 200 Yard Butterfly. She recorded a time of 2:22.22 to place second in the overall standings and lead all AMCC swimmers in that event to take the conference gold.

The Lions also earned a first place finish in a relay event, setting a new team record time along the way. In the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 'A' final, the team of Avery Heisey (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley), Dangelo, Sarah Petry (St. Benedict, PA/Cambria Heights), and Madison Coleman (Altoona, PA/Tyrone) combined for a time of 3:43.43 to finish first among AMCC squads and third place overall. That time set a new Penn State Altoona women's swimming team record, besting the previous mark of 3:47.03 that the same foursome set earlier this season on November 20.

Two Penn State Altoona swimmers qualified for the 'A' final of the 200 Yard Backstroke. Petry placed fourth in the AMCC and seventh overall with a time of 2:18.28, and McKenna Holl (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) was fifth in the AMCC and ninth overall with a time of 2:22.15.

In the 100 Yard Freestyle, two more Lion swimmers qualified to compete in the 'A' final. Heisey was the AMCC-runner up in that swim, placing second in the conference and fourth overall by clocking in at 54.86. Coleman finished right behind her, coming in third in the AMCC and fourth overall with a time of 55.50.

The 200 Yard Breaststroke saw two more Penn State Altoona swimmers compete in the 'A' final. Hailey Toth (New Ringgold, PA/Tamaqua) took third place in the AMCC and ninth overall by posting a time of 2:46.30, and Grace Frey (Wayne, PA/Conestoga) followed right behind with a time of 2:48.58 to come in fourth in the AMCC and 10th overall.