The Penn State Altoona men’s and women’s swimming program becomes one of three Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference teams to transition to a different league, it was announced on Thursday, when the Lions joined fellow conference schools Penn State Behrend and Pitt-Bradford in moving to the State University of New York Athletic Conference as associate members in swimming.

Beginning this upcoming 2025-26 season, Penn State Altoona’s men’s and women’s swimming teams will compete within the SUNYAC. The AMCC and SUNYAC partnered for a joint conference championship experience last February at the Flickinger Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

Now, that partnership has evolved into membership as the three AMCC schools join the ranks of SUNYAC swimming, which already includes Cortland, Oswego, New Paltz, Oneonta, Potsdam, and Fredonia.

The 2025-26 SUNYAC Swimming Championships are scheduled for Feb. 18-21, 2026. Additional details about the conference championship event will be announced closer to the date.

In last year’s joint AMCC-SUNYAC Championship meet, Penn State Altoona men’s swimming placed fifth out of 10 total teams with 376 points, while the Lions women’s team came in sixth out of 10 with 271 points.