WEBSTER, N.Y. – Following the conclusion of Friday night's finals session, which capped day three of the four-day Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championships at Webster Aquatic Center, the Penn State Altoona women's swimming team continued to hold down third place out of five conference teams.

Alfred State College was tops in the AMCC through three days with 587 team points, while Penn State Behrend trailed in second place with 544 points. Penn State Altoona's total of 430.5 points put it in third place, ranking ahead of fourth-place Pitt-Bradford and its 102 points and fifth-place Wells College and its 100 points. In the combined AMCC-Empire 8 meet, the Lions ranked fifth place out of 10 teams through Friday.

Penn State Altoona had swimmers make the cut to compete in 'A' finals for all six events, including having multiple swimmers qualify for the top finals in three different individual swims. Along the way, the Lions earned two AMCC gold medals and set one new team record.

In the 'A' final for the 400 Yard IM, Grace Dangelo (State College, PA/State College) won the AMCC title while also taking gold in the overall AMCC-Empire 8 standings by placing first in the swim with a time of 4:48.17.

The Lions had two swimmers qualify to compete in the 100 Yard Butterfly 'A' final. Teah Sponsler (Halifax, PA/Halifax) clinched fourth place in the AMCC and ninth place overall with a time of 1:04.45, and Avery Heisey (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) finished fifth in the AMCC and 10th place overall by clocking in at 1:07.54.

Two more Penn State Altoona swimmers made the cut for the 'A' final in the next event, the 200 Yard Freestyle. Sarah Petry (St. Benedict, PA/Cambria Heights) recorded a time of 1:58.92 to win the AMCC title and place third in the combined meet standings, while Madison Coleman (Altoona, PA/Tyrone) finished in 1:59.52 to finish as the AMCC runner-up and take fifth place overall. Both Petry and Coleman's times surpassed the previous Penn State Altoona women's swimming team record in that event, which was 2:01.27 and was set by Coleman on February 18, 2022 during last season's conference championships.

Grace Frey (Wayne, PA/Conestoga) competed in the 'A' final of the 100 Yard Breaststroke, finishing in 1:13.79 to place fourth in the AMCC and take 10th place in the overall standings.

Penn State Altoona once again had two swimmers qualify for an 'A' final, as two Lions made the cut for the top final in the 100 Yard Backstroke. Sponsler recorded a time of 1:03.17 to place fourth in the AMCC and seventh overall, and McKenna Holl (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) clocked in at 1:06.53 to come in seventh in the AMCC and 10th overall.

In the 400 Yard Medley 'A' final, Holl, Frey, Sponsler, and Petry combined to record a time of 4:21.74 to grab third place in the AMCC and sixth place overall.

Penn State Altoona women's swimming returns to action tomorrow, Saturday, February 18, for the fourth and final day of this week's AMCC Championships. The last day's preliminaries will start at 10 a.m., and the finals session will commence at 5 p.m. Additionally, a senior and academic recognition is scheduled to take place at 4:15 p.m., and a final awards ceremony will occur after the last swim of the night is completed.