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Panthers Begin Season At Penn State-Altoona

ALTOONA, Pa. -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford men's and women's swim teams opened up their 2018-19 seasons at Penn State-Altoona Saturday.

The Panthers men's team picked up a 99-73 win in the dual meet while the women's team lost 73-33.

Caleb Hansen led the way for the Panthers men's team with three individual victories.

Pitt-Bradford's men's team got the day started with a victory in the 200-medley relay as the squad of Nathan Kim, Noah Frederick, Chris Troll and Devyn Condon finished with a time of 1:46.54.

Condon then earned the victory in the 1,000-freestyle with a time of 11:52.26, nearly a full minute ahead of his competition.

Kayla Broad picked up the first win of the season for the women's team in the 200-freestyle with a time of 2:15.62.

Caleb Hansen completed the sweep of the event for Pitt-Bradford as he timed in at 1:53.82 for his first career victory.

Frederick timed in at 2:15.09 in the 200-IM to pick up a victory by nearly four seconds. 

Kim picked up his first career individual win in the 100-butterfly with a time of 54.89.

Hansen's second win of the day came in the 100-freestyle with a time of 52.29, over six seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

The second win of the day for Kim came in the 100-backstroke with a time of 58.32 -- the only competitor in the event to finish in under a minute.

The third win of the day for Hansen came in the 500-freestyle, finishing with a time of 5:28.34.

Alexia Garcia earned her first career victory in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:20.84, four seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

Frederick rounded out the victories for the Panthers with a win in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:04.89.

Pitt-Bradford will be in action next on Friday, Nov. 2, hosting Alfred for its first home action.