Oldford, Traggiai named SUNYAC Swimmers of the Week for Penn State Altoona

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Penn State Altoona picked up each of this week’s State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Swimmer of the Week awards on Monday, when Victoria Oldford, of Bucks County, was named the convention’s Women’s Swimmer of the Week and Caden Traggiai, of Saxonburg, was tabbed because the Men’s Swimmer of the Week.

Oldford and Traggiai helped lead their groups to twin meet wins over visiting non-conference opponent McDaniel College on Nov. 1.

Oldford picked up a pair of particular person wins in Saturday’s meet, inserting first within the 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 26.51 and in addition ending atop the standings within the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.75. She was additionally a part of the second-place 200 Yard Medley Relay staff that compiled a complete time of two:03.85.

Traggiai additionally recorded two particular person wins Saturday, prevailing within the 200 Yard Freestyle after clocking in at 1:50.74 and taking first within the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:03.43. Additionally, he helped his 200 Yard Freestyle Relay staff win its occasion, because the group posted a mixed time of 1:32.14.

Penn State Altoona girls’s swimming defeated McDaniel 128-75 within the meet, whereas the Lions males’s staff got here away with a 139-57 victory over the Green Terror.

Women’s swimming returns to motion on Nov. 15, touring to compete in opposition to Division II opponent Lock Haven University in a twin meet beginning at 11 a.m. Meanwhile, the boys’s staff’s subsequent meet is Nov. 20 in day one of many three-day Malone University Invitational.