Daphne Wils Sets Two School Records, Penn State Sets Six Pool Marks in Sweeping Army

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Daphne Wils Sets Two School Records, Penn State Sets Six Pool Marks in Sweeping Army

Diver Daphne Wils reset the Penn State diving records, among six pool McCoy Natatorium records set Friday night in a pair of wins over Army.

The women’s team coasted to a 229-68 win over the Black Knights. The men’s team prevailed by a 197-101 margin.

The grad transfer from the University of Hawaii reset the marks she set in the fall. She scored 330.90 points in the 1-meter event and then tallied 356.55 on 3-meter. Teammate Wei Wei was second on 3-meter in a personal-best 321.60.

Both Penn State relays rewrote the record boards, with Olivia Jack and Mary Brinker as the common threads. That pair joined Molly Carlson and Emma Harvey in the 200 medley relay to go 1:38.01. Ellie Tiskus and Cat Stanford rotated in for the 200 free foursome, which went 1:30.74 to set the pool mark.

Brinker won the 50 free in 22.69 seconds, a pool record, to pair her win in the 100 free (49.89).

Catherine Meisner’s time of 1:46.92 earned her the win and a pool record in the 200 free.

Jack won the 100 breast and finished third in the 50. Mesiner added a win in the 500 free. Harvey won the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly. Abby Henderson claimed the 200 back and 200 individual medley.

Army’s lone women’s win was in the 200 breast courtesy of Aurelie Migault. She was the runner-up to Jack in the 100 breast.

On the men’s side, a pair of 1-2-3 finishes in the front half of the meet secured control for the Nittany Lions. Lachlan Byrne led one in the 100 backstroke, clocking in at 48.01 seconds. Sam Folger led the way in the 200 fly in 1:46.50; second in that race was 1,650 free winner Eduardo Cisternas. Byrne was second to Jack Harvey in the 200 back, another 1-2-3 Penn State sweep. (Matthew Bittner was third in both.)

Sprinter Victor Baganha won the 50 free and 100 free. He was also part of two winning relays, Mariano Lazzerini joining him on both squads. Lazzerini won the 100 breast and 100 fly in an impressive double.

Cisternas added a second win in the 500 free. Folger was second to Lazzerini in the 100 fly. Hayden Elliott swept diving, his score of 369.23 on 3-meter more than 100 points clear of the field.

Army got a win in the 200 free, a 1-2 finish courtesy of Sean Dwyer (1:39.10) and Tanner Falls (1:39.15). Evan Yoo won the 200 breast after finishing third in the 100. Kohen Rankin was second in both breaststroke events.

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