Penn State Altoona males’s swimming lands 4 on All-SUNYAC staff

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Four Penn State Altoona males’s swimming student-athletes earned spots on the All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) staff, due to their performances within the convention championship meet final month.

All-SUNYAC swimmers are decided by their finishes throughout the convention championships, which have been held Feb. 18 to 21 in Buffalo, New York. Swimmers clinch spots on the all-conference staff by ending among the many prime three locations in occasions.

Lions Caden Traggiai, of Saxonburg, and Pedro Teran, of Allentown, have been first-team All-SUNYAC swimmers, whereas Adam Dotts, of Hummelstown, and Shuo Sun, of Falls Church, Virginia, took spots on the second staff.

Traggiai clinched his spot on the primary staff when he received the 1,650 Yard Freestyle on Feb. 21 with a time of 16:16.80, a mark that additionally set a brand new Penn State Altoona males’s swimming report in that occasion. Teran’s first-team standing was earned when he positioned first within the 200 Yard Freestyle on Feb. 20 with a time of 1:43.03.

Dotts and Sun made the second staff of the All-SUNYAC squad once they helped the Lions to a runner-up end within the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay, partnering with Traggiai and Teran to compile a complete time of seven:01.16 to take second place within the race on Feb. 18. That time additionally set a brand new Penn State Altoona males’s swimming report for that occasion.

Men’s swimming ended the SUNYAC Championships in fourth place with a mixed level whole of 412.