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Men’s Golf, Men’s Swimming Win Peak Performer Status

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) announced its 2018-19 Peak Performer Teams during NCAA Division III Week in
April, recognizing the conference teams with the highest cumulative grade point averages in their respective sports.

Earning Peak Performer status were the Penn State Altoona men’s golf team and men’s swimming team. For the Lions golf team, it marks the third time in program history that it has clinched the highest GPA among all AMCC golf squads. For the Lions swimming team, it is the seventh time that it has obtained the AMCC’s Peak Performer award.

Penn State Altoona men’s golf led all AMCC golf teams with a 3.283 cumulative GPA to earn the Peak Performer award, while the men’s swimming team posted a 3.117 cumulative GPA to rank first among all conference men’s swim programs.

The 2019-19 men’s swimming team, pictured with members of the women’s swimming team, were named Peak Performers by the AMCC.

The 2018 Penn State Altoona men’s golf team, led by head coach Tom Koehle (left), earned the AMCC’s Peak Performer award.

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