PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Penn State Altoona men's swimmer Adam Capatch (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) earned first team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference All-Conference honors in four events and also was named the league Newcomer of the Year Friday when the AMCC Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference teams were announced.

All-conference selections are based on event finish at the AMCC Championships, which were held last Thursday through Saturday in Grove City, PA.

Capatch, a freshman, was a first team selection in the 200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, and 200 Medley Relay with Dan Palermo (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley), Bryan Dau (Princeton, NJ/Notre Dame), and Jimmy Reilly (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley).  Capatch set new Penn State Altoona pool records in the 200 IM and 200 Breast.

Sophomore Dan Bodde (Shippensburg, PA/Shippensburg) got second team all-league accolades in the 50 Free, 200 Free, joined Dau, Palermo, and Reilly for second team honors in the 400 Free Relay, and also helped Capatch, Palermo, and Reilly take second team in the 800 Free Relay.

Dau collected an individual second team all-league honor in the 100 Fly, while Palermo earned the same award in the 200 Back.

Penn State Behrend was the men's team champion with Penn State Altoona, Frostburg State, and Pitt-Bradford finishing second through fourth, respectively.

On the women's side, freshman Whitney Weston (South Williamsport, PA/South Williamsport) won second team all-conference honors in the 200 Free and joined teammates to earn second team distinction in the 400 Free Relay and 800 Free Relay.

She joined with Caroline Smith (New Carrollton, MD/Elizabeth Seton), Melissa DeFelice (Pittsburgh, PA/Chartiers Valley), and Brittany Bauer (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks South) in the 800 Free before helping Smith, DeFelice, and Emily McAleer (Altoona, PA/Altoona) in the 400 Free.

Lion diver Mollie Torello (Avondale, PA/Avon Grove) got second team recognition in the 1 meter diving portion of the championships.

Penn State Behrend also won the women's team championships with Frostburg State, Penn State Altoona, and Pitt-Bradford finishing second through fourth, respectively.