UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Nov. 7, 2003) - Sophomore Willie Gordon (Alpharetta, Ga.) captured two firsts and a second-place finish, but No. 15 Texas A&M spoiled Penn State's home opener 176-117 Friday afternoon at McCoy Natatorium.

Gordon won the 1000-yard freestyle and the 500 freestyle in 9 minutes, 18 seconds, and 4:34, respectively. He also took second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:05.26, just .19 seconds off the pace of teammate Dustin Thompson (Munster, Ind.).

Thompson also won the 200 butterfly in 1:52 to cap off a solid night in front of the home crowd. Junior Adam Pierce (Conroe, Texas0 won the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 291.98 and he placed third in 3-meter diving with 267.53. Teammate Marc Gastaldo (Winslow, Maine) was third in 1-meter diving with 272.63 and second in 3-meter diving with 300.83.

Sophomores Dan Velez (Germantown, Md.) and Chris Ippoliti (Berwyn, Pa.) raced neck-to-neck in the 100 breaststroke, but finished second and third, respectively, to the Aggies' Alfredo Jacobo. All three touched the wall within .55 seconds of one another. The Nittany Lions will be back in action with the women's team, making their home opener, versus Washington 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at McCoy Natatorium. The Penn State women's swimming and diving team is ranked 10th in the latest CSCAA Division I poll. Washington's men's team is ranked 25th and the women's team is ranked 22nd. For more information on Penn State men's and women's swimming and diving, please visit Penn State's official athletics website at www.GoPSUsports.com.

 Men's Swimming and Diving Team Scores Place School Points 1 TEXAS A&M A&M 176 2 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PSU 117 Total 293.00 Texas A&M v. PSU - 11/7/2003 Results Event 1 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 TEXAS A&M 'B' NT 1:30.85 11 1) Rose, Matt SR 2) Jacobo, Alfredo JR 3) Nelan, Chris SR 4) Collins, Ross JR 2 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 'A' NT 1:33.97 4 1) McLin, Shawn M SO 2) Ippoliti, Chris C SO 3) Johansson, Patrik G JR 4) Northrop, Daryl M JR 3 TEXAS A&M 'A' NT 1:34.17 2 1) Blanchard, Dan JR 2) Dawson, Alex SO 3) Watson, Joe SO 4) Gardner, Ozzie FR 4 TEXAS A&M 'C' NT 1:36.21 1) Bratten, Jeff FR 2) Friggel, David JR 3) Hansen, Scott SR 4) Raiford, Brad FR 5 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 'B' NT 1:38.50 1) Torok, Nate A FR 2) Zucca, Mark S JR 3) Thompson, Dustin E JR 4) Velez, Dan N SO Event 2 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Gordon, Willie A SO PENN STATE NT 9:18.69 9 2 Solomon, Mark SO A&M NT 9:32.00 4 3 Healy, Pat J FR PENN STATE NT 9:40.24 3 4 Benson, Joel SO A&M NT 10:06.98 2 Event 3 Men 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Hill, Josh SR A&M NT 1:40.81 9 2 Newmann, Scott SO A&M NT 1:40.92 4 3 Zielsdorf, Calvin JR A&M NT 1:41.80 3 4 Finkler, Ofer FR PENN STATE NT 1:43.75 2 5 Northrop, Daryl M JR PENN STATE NT 1:45.04 1 Event 4 Men 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Blanchard, Dan JR A&M NT 51.18 9 2 Neal, Matt SO A&M NT 52.11 4 3 Dawson, Alex SO A&M NT 52.46 3 4 Torok, Nate A FR PENN STATE NT 52.55 2 5 McLin, Shawn M SO PENN STATE NT 53.59 1 Event 5 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Jacobo, Alfredo JR A&M NT 57.17 9 2 Velez, Dan N SO PENN STATE NT 57.38 4 3 Ippoliti, Chris C SO PENN STATE NT 57.82 3 4 Friggel, David JR A&M NT 58.58 2 5 Moeller, Jonathan SO A&M NT 59.10 1 6 Zucca, Mark S JR PENN STATE NT 59.46 Event 6 Men 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Thompson, Dustin E JR PENN STATE NT 1:52.22 9 2 Saez, Devin SO A&M NT 1:53.21 4 3 Hansen, Scott SR A&M NT 1:53.92 3 4 Kornacki, Richard A SO PENN STATE NT 1:57.26 2 5 Watson, Joe SO A&M NT 1:57.41 1 6 Tucker, Bobby E SR PENN STATE NT 2:01.16 Event 7 Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Rose, Matt SR A&M NT 20.34 9 2 Collins, Ross JR A&M NT 21.53 4 3 Gardner, Ozzie FR A&M NT 21.70 3 4 Johansson, Patrik G JR PENN STATE NT 21.85 2 5 Kaiserian, Dan E FR PENN STATE NT 22.45 1 Event 8 Men 1 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Pierce, Adam M PENN STATE NT 291.98 9 2 Picard, Christian SO A&M NT 289.95 4 3 Gastaldo, Marc F PENN STATE NT 272.63 3 4 Alderman, Mike A PENN STATE NT 254.93 2 Event 9 Men 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Mueller, Scott SR A&M NT 45.78 9 2 Newmann, Scott SO A&M NT 46.17 4 3 Northrop, Daryl M JR PENN STATE NT 47.37 3 4 Kemp, Ryan SO A&M NT 47.88 2 5 Finkler, Ofer FR PENN STATE NT 48.18 1 6 Ippoliti, Chris C SO PENN STATE NT 48.22 Event 10 Men 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Hill, Josh SR A&M NT 1:48.71 9 2 Bratten, Jeff FR A&M NT 1:53.50 4 3 Torok, Nate A FR PENN STATE NT 1:53.79 3 4 McLin, Shawn M SO PENN STATE NT 1:54.08 2 5 Blanchard, Dan JR A&M NT 1:54.43 1 Event 11 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Dawson, Alex SO A&M NT 2:05.76 9 2 Jacobo, Alfredo JR A&M NT 2:06.38 4 3 Velez, Dan N SO PENN STATE NT 2:06.52 3 4 Friggel, David JR A&M NT 2:07.33 2 5 Zucca, Mark S JR PENN STATE NT 2:07.46 1 6 Tucker, Bobby E SR PENN STATE NT 2:15.50 Event 12 Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Gordon, Willie A SO PENN STATE NT 4:34.10 9 2 Solomon, Mark SO A&M NT 4:35.91 4 3 Healy, Pat J FR PENN STATE NT 4:43.97 3 4 Hansen, Scott SR A&M NT 4:51.48 2 Event 13 Men 100 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Saez, Devin SO A&M NT 50.84 9 2 Nelan, Chris SR A&M NT 50.87 4 3 Johansson, Patrik G JR PENN STATE NT 52.17 3 4 Benson, Joel SO A&M NT 54.26 2 5 Kaiserian, Dan E FR PENN STATE NT 54.31 1 Event 14 Men 3 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Picard, Christian SO A&M NT 309.23 9 2 Gastaldo, Marc F PENN STATE NT 300.83 4 3 Pierce, Adam M PENN STATE NT 267.53 3 4 Alderman, Mike A PENN STATE NT 246.00 2 Event 15 Men 400 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Thompson, Dustin E JR PENN STATE NT 4:05.07 9 2 Gordon, Willie A SO PENN STATE NT 4:05.26 4 3 Kornacki, Richard A SO PENN STATE NT 4:15.77 3 -- Moeller, Jonathan SO A&M NT X3:56.27 -- Dawson, Alex SO A&M NT X4:07.37 -- Neal, Matt SO A&M NT X4:20.44 Event 16 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 TEXAS A&M 'A' NT 1:22.21 11 1) Rose, Matt SR 2) Zielsdorf, Calvin JR 3) Collins, Ross JR 4) Blanchard, Dan JR 2 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 'A' NT 1:25.38 4 1) Northrop, Daryl M JR 2) Johansson, Patrik G JR 3) Finkler, Ofer FR 4) Ippoliti, Chris C SO 3 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 'B' NT 1:30.44 2 1) Kaiserian, Dan E FR 2) McLin, Shawn M SO 3) Healy, Pat J FR 4) Tucker, Bobby E SR -- TEXAS A&M 'B' NT X1:24.64 1) Kemp, Ryan SO 2) Gardner, Ozzie FR 3) Hill, Josh SR 4) Newmann, Scott SO -- TEXAS A&M 'C' NT X1:25.78 1) Raiford, Brad FR 2) Watson, Joe SO 3) Nelan, Chris SR 4) Mueller, Scott SR