Friday, November 14, 2008
Behrend's swim team opens
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home season with victory
The following event, the 100
yard breaststroke. Behrend's
women swimmers placed first,
second, and third. Cook came in
with a time of 1:17.64.
MacManus came in right behind
her team mate in 1:17.88.
Vickery came in third at 1:18.42.
Strunk won the event for the
men. He came in at 1:04.76.
Cousin placed fourth with a time
of 1:08.30. Teammates Reish and
Shrek placed sixth and seventh
respectively.
The final event was the 400
yard freestyle. VanEpps, Wilson,
Lawrence, and Cook's relay was
exhibition race. Two of the swim
mers had already been in three
events, due to the limit for a dual
meet, the race had not counted.
Dombrosky, Guiher, Kinsel, and
Weaver placed first for this event
with a time of 3:29.57, only four
seconds after then Buffalo's
relay. Falvo, Watterson,
Jesberger, and Reish placed
fourth, finishing the meet with
3:54.46 as their time.
Behrend's first home meet
By Jennifer Juncosa
perspectives editot
jdjso6l pstLedu
After two away meets, Penn
State Behrend swim team hosted
their first home meet.
Behrend welcomed Buffalo
State Bengals to the Junker
Center pool on Nov. 7 for a 5
o'clock meet. The wome n
walked away with a win over
Buffalo and the men walked
away with a tie after an exciting
meet.
The first even was the 400
medley relay. The girl placed first
due to Danielle Wilson (jr.), Julie
Cook (fr.), Anne Lawrence (fr.).
and Katie VanEpps (Soph.), they
won with a time of 4:26.44.
The men, in the same event.
placed second and fifth. Tom
Weir (jr.). Ben Strunk (Soph.),
Jacob Guiher (jr.). and Steve
Zomcik (fr.) had a time of
3:51.77. Ronnie Hatt (fr.), John
Reish (Jr.), Mike Falvo (fr.). and
Harmilee Cousin (jr.) finished the
event with a time of 4:26.99
awarding them fifth place.
Behrend's freshman swimmer.
Terrance Watterson (fr.), placed
first in the 1650 yard freestyle, a
vigorous event consisting of
swimming SO yards 33 times. He
won the event with the time of
19:09.17. Watterson's teammate,
David Jesberger (fr.). swam the
even in 19:43.69 and placed sec
ond.
Watson placed first in the 200
yard freestyle and Hilary
MacManus (fr.) placed third. Due
to technical difficulties, their
times are unavailable. Josh
Weaver (soph.) won the same
event with a time of 1:53.82.
Mike Falvo (fr.) and Mike Kinsel
(soph.) placed fifth and sixth with
times of 2:06.07 and 2:16.96.
For the 50 yard freestyle, Cook
placed first coming in with 27.20.
Heather Vickery (fr.) and diver
Krystal Kovach (soph.) placed
third and forth. Vickery finished
the race in 28.87 seconds.
Kovach finished in 31.10 second.
Zomcik finished this event in
third place, his time was 23.30
second. Weir finished right
behind him in 23.85 second giv
ing him fourth place
Van Epps was the only
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The Junket - pool hosted the opening of the Behrend swim season.
Behrend swimmer for the
women's 400 yard individual
medley. She won the even in
5:12.24. Strunk was the only
swimmer for the men's team and
placed third behind Buffalo
State's two swimmers. He saw a
5:03.85.
There was a break from swim
ming for Behrend's talented
divers. Kovach placed first in the
one-meter diving event only six
points in front of Buffalo's only
female diver. Kovach was award
ed 230.10 points. Steve Graves
(jr.) took first place. as expected,
for the men's one meter diving
with 196.50 points. Surprisingly,
he only won by two more points
then one of Buffalo's divers.
Swimming continued with the
100 yard butterfly. Lawrence
placed first for the women's
swim team finishing the event in
1:03.15. Dane Dombrosky (fr.)
also placed first tbr Behrend get
ting a time of 56.54 seconds. The
100 yard freestyle followed.
VanEpps placed first in 58.22
seconds. Weaver won for the
men, he came in with 51.43 sec
onds. Zomcik. Jacob Shrek (fr.).
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and Mike Kinsel placed second,
sixth, and seventh respectively.
For the 100 yard backstroke,
Lawrence placed first yet again.
with a fast time of 1:06.65.
Vickery placed fifth with a time
of 1:15.77, just 3 seconds behind
one of Buffalo's swimmers. Weir
placed second for this event. He
finished with a time of 57.85 sec
onds losing to Buffalo by only
300ths of a second. Hatt came in
fifth with a time of 1:12.74.
Wilson placed first for the 500
yard freestyle for Behrend. She
came in with a time of 5:51.58.
Dombrosky came in with a time
of 5:13.02 being awarded first
place. Watterson and Jesberger
placed second with third with
time of 5:36.89 and 5:43.47.
At this time there was another
break from swimming for the last
diving event, the three-meter div
ing event. Kovach. again, placed
first with an impressive score of
262.10 winning by a large margin
of roughly 40 points. Graves won
for the men winning by his usual
ly large lead of 28 points, Graves
walked away with a score of
222.80.
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was a success for the women's
team. They defeated Buffalo
with a 28 point lead, a score of
120. The men's team walked
away having tied with Buffalo
with 120 points. "We were really
lucky [that we didn't lose],"said
co-captain John Reish, "we were
down going into the last part of
the meet after the second diving
half and to come and tie them
was impressive. It literally down
to the last relay."
The Behrend swim team plans
to host four more home swim
meets. The next home meet is
Saturday Nov. 15 at I p.m.
Because of the first few meets,
Behrend has great potential. "I
think we have a good season
ahead of us, challenging but
good," says coach Wallace, "As
a team both men and women
have a strong 'front line'. Plus
we have depth in a variety of
events. Hard work and determi
nation along with peak perform
ances at the right moments are
going to be keys to our success.-
John Reish added, "At the end of
the season I see us defending our
title as AMCC champions and
ranking high at the Grove City
Invite."
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"Off the Wall"
Every once in a while, former
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An open letter to
Browns fans
So, here we are. We're just past
the halfway point throughout the
season, and a mysterious silence
hangs over the city of Cleveland
and its sports fans residing in
Erie.
Why? What's the matter? At
the beginning of the season, the
Behrend Brownie fans had so
much to say. They had a promis
ing rookie quarterback who was
going to take the helm. They
acquired skillful defensemen that
will terrorize Big Ben and the
AFC North. They will he the cin
derella story of the year.
Sports writers everywhere ate
it up, and Cleveland fans loved
the attention.
But, here we are, and nine
games have been played in the
season. The Browns are 3-6. By
contrast, their rivals are 6-3.
At the beginning of the year, I
predicted that the Browns-
Steelers rivalry would go to the
victor of the year's first matchup.
In that game, a 10-6 struggle,
Pittsburgh dismantled the
Browns offense, holding them to
no touchdowns. Jamal Lewis was
held to 38 yards.
So why the silence? There was
so much hope early in the season.
But, Browns fans, this is not the
time to give up. Rather, this is the
time to rally behind your again
failing team.
When Derek Anderson throws
a deep pass to Brayton Edwards.
don't squeeze your eyes shut and
yell "CATCH IT!" Instead, stand
up and cheer knowing that your
star wide receiver is open.
When Jamal Anderson gets a
handoff. don't curse the playcall
ing of your coaching staff.
The Behrend Beacon I
By Connor Sattely
sports editor
ciss()6oo pti.edu
Celebrate knowing that your
bruiser runningback is spending
time hurting offenses by running
into them, headfirst, and falling
backwards again. Eventually, he
might break through.
When opposing quarterbacks
have an hour and thirty two min
utes each play to throw the ball,
don't get angry at your defensive
line. Rather, applaud them. See,
they are giving the other team's
offensive line time to rest. They
are trying to foster a mutual
understanding of peace and love
on the football field. Nobel Peace
Prizes incoming, I think.
Sure, the Browns are sth to
worst in yards per games. Sure,
they're 25th in the league in both
pass yards per game and points
scored per game. Sure, their
schedule for the rest of the year
features games which they are
probably destined to lose.
But take heart, friends from the
West. Think about what makes
your team better than other
For one thing. you are the only
team named after a color.
Huzzah!
Also, you are the only team
without a logo. Your logo is a
brown helmet. Sometimes, your
logo is a big, angry pitbull.
However, the way that the
Browns have been playing, you
might want to consider getting
the dog fixed.
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