CR NORTH:DeForrest named PSU swim captain

Penn State junior Lindsey DeForrest, a Council Rock High School North alum from Wycombe, has been elected captain of the Nittany Lion Women's Swimming & Diving team for next season (2009-10).
Last season, DeForrest captured sixth place in the 100 freesyle at the Big 10 championships; her time of 49.7 seconds broke the PSU record set in 2005. She also took 14th place in the 50 freestyle and her preliminary time of 22.82 is third best in PSU history and 0.07 seconds off the record set in 2007.
Also at the Big-10 champs, her 400 freestyle relay team (3:18:40) took third place and broke the PSU record (set last year) by more than 3 seconds. Her 200 freestyle relay team went 1:30:98 (5th place) to have the second fastest time in PSU history and she anchored the 800 freestyle relay team that went 7:11.02 to break the PSU record of 7:11:59 set in 2006. The 800 free team took fifth place at the championships.
DeForrest was also the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award for the PSU team. The award is given to the swimmer from each team who best exemplifies sportsmanship on the team while achieving excellence in the both the classroom and the pool.Overall, Penn State took third place in the Big-10 behind champion Indiana (1st) and runnerup Minnesota.