Men's Swimming and Diving Falls to Westminster
Nick Kost, Mark Patterson, and Ethan Halmi each won two events for the Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team, but the Lions fell to Westminster 171-103 on Saturday afternoon.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Nick Kost (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge), Mark Patterson (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) and Ethan Halmi (Erie, PA/McDowell) each won two events for the Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team, but the Lions fell to Westminster 171-103 on Saturday afternoon.
Kost dominated the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM with first-place finishes. In the breaststroke, he touched first in 2:21.99 and then posted a winning time of 2:02.78 in the 200 IM for the Lions in their first dual meet of the season.
Patterson won the 200 backstroke (1:58.54) and then recorded the top time in the 500 freestyle (5:02.92), while placing second in the 200 freestyle (1:50.15).
Halmi had the best one-meter and three-meter dive scores (86.00, 76.50) on the men's side and Ryan Siggins (Erie, PA/Iroquois) tallied third-place finishes in the 100 freestyle (51.91) and the 200 freestyle (1:54.53).
In the 100 backstroke, Nikos Koufos (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) led Behrend with a time of 59.66. Blair Carson (Wellsboro, PA/Wellsboro) followed Koufos with a third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.37).
Jeremy Brosius (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) and Keith Powell (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) paced Behrend in the 100 butterfly and the 200 butterfly, respectively. Brosius recorded a time of 59.03 and Powell clocked in at 2:10.35.
The Lions return to action on Saturday for their home opener against Chatham, beginning at 1 p.m.