Penn State swimmers ready for new challenge

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Updated: February 16, 2017

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Penn State Women’s Swimming & Diving Posts Season Bests to Open Big Ten Championships
800 free relay leads way for Nittany Lions on opening night

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Penn State posted a pair of season-best times in the 200 medley and 800 free relays as the Nittany Lions began competition in the four-day Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships Wednesday evening in Boilermaker Aquatic Center on the campus of Purdue University.

After two relay events, Penn State ranks in a four-way tie for ninth place with Nebraska, Illinois and Rutgers with 74 points. Minnesota leads with 118 points and is closely followed by Michigan (114), Wisconsin (110), Indiana (108) and Ohio State (102).

The Nittany Lions’ top performance came in the 800 free relay as juniors Tommie Dillione (Newtown, Pa.) and Niki Price (Manchester, Pa.) and freshmen Heather MacDougall (La Crescenta, Calif.) and Siena Salvaggio (Allentown, Pa.) earned a seventh-place finish in 7:09.40.

Megan Wujciak (Livingston, N.J.), Emily Harris (Downington, Pa.), Maddie Hart (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.) competed in the 200 medley relay for Penn State and placed 13th in 1:41.66.

The meet continues with preliminary heats beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the finals scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. each night.

All sessions are being streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. The Big Ten Network will also televise Saturday’s finals Sunday, Feb. 19 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.

Thursday, Feb. 16 – PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving – Trials (1 p.m.)
1-Meter Diving – Consolation Final

Thursday, Feb. 16 – FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay

Friday, Feb. 17 – PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
100 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving – Trials (1 p.m.)
3-Meter Diving – Consolation Final

Friday, Feb. 17 – FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
100 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving
200 Freestyle Relay

Saturday, Feb. 18 – PRELIMS at 11 a.m.
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving – Trials (1 p.m.)
Platform Diving – Consolation Final
1,650 Freestyle (Approx. 4:15 p.m.)

Saturday, Feb. 18 – FINALS at 6:30 p.m.
1,650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving
400 Freestyle

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