Women’s swimming and diving places seventh in Big Ten tourney

Penn State placed seventh in the four-day 2016 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, finishing off the tournament on Saturday on a high note.

The Nittany Lions set a school record in the meet’s final event, the 400 freestyle relay. The squad of Alyson Ackman, Niki Price, Haley Sinatro and Kaitlin Jones placed second overall with a time of 3:15.88. Penn State’s previous standard in the event was 3:16.12 in 2012.

That was one of three top-five finishes for the Nittany Lions. Ackman was fifth in the 100 free (48.67 seconds), and Melissa Rodriguez placed fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:09.43).

In total, Penn State accumulated 687.5 points on the weekend. Michigan won the title with 1,361 points, while Indiana was second with 1,207.5 points.

This story was originally published February 21, 2016 at 10:29 PM with the headline "Women’s swimming and diving places seventh in Big Ten tourney."