Flash Points:

• Saint Francis swimming won 13 events in Saturday's meet against LIU Brooklyn at Stokes Natatorium.
• SFU improved to 7-2 in dual meets and won its first NEC meet of the season.
• The Red Flash set a pool-record in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay.
• Junior Emma Karell (Norrtälje, Sweden/Täby Swim Club) won three individual events, while junior Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen) and freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) each won two events.

Results

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis swimming team continued a strong start to the 2016-17 season with a dominating 164-58 win over LIU Brooklyn on Saturday at the Stokes Natatorium.  The Red Flash earned first-place finishes in 13 of 14 events, including setting a pool record in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay.  Saint Francis improved to 7-2 in dual meets and is now 1-0 in the NEC, while LIU Brooklyn dropped to 0-2 overall and in conference meets.
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Rory Coleman, earned first-place in both relay events, starting the meet with a win in the 200-yard Medley Relay.  Junior Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen), freshman Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), senior Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary) and freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) combined for a time of 1:48.67 to place first. 
 
Saint Francis also placed second in the 200-yard Medley Relay, with freshman Aimee Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn), sophomore Jessica Crumm (New Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley), junior Natalie Tedjasukmana (Anaheim, Calif./Mater Dei) and junior Alicia Tiberino (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) posting a time of 1:51.35.
 
The Red Flash capped the meet with a record-setting performance in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay. 
 
Baur, junior Emma Karell (Norrtälje, Sweden/Täby Swim Club), Quon and Lafferty recorded a time of 7:52.89, almost 37 seconds ahead of the second-place team.  That time topped the previous pool record, 7:59.11, set by Ford, Demjanenko, Heintz and Yttring in 2010 against Mount St. Mary's.
 
In the 1000-yard Freestyle, Karell posted a time of 10:47.17, her top time of the season, for a first-place finish.  Junior Kasey Marks (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) came in second, with a time of 11:31.42, while sophomore Marrissa Walters (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School) placed third, with a time of 11:57.46. 
 
Karell also earned wins in the 200-yard Butterfly and 200-yard Breaststroke events. 
 
In the 200-yard Butterfly, Karell posted a career-best and the 8th-best time in program history, with a pace of 2:10.50.  Sophomore Rory O'Dell (Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood) was second, with a time of 2:17.02, while freshman Meaghan Saettel (Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg) was third, with a time of 2:18.94.
 
The Sweden native claimed first place in the 200-yard Breaststroke, with a time of 2:27.57.
 
Quon continued an impressive freshman season with wins in the 200-yard Freestyle and 200-yard Backstroke.
 
The freshman posted a time of 1:56.12 to place first in the 200-yard Freestyle.  Freshmen Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) and Emily Graziano (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford) placed second and third, respectively.  Bowman had a time of 1:57.56, while Graziano had a time of 2:01.72.
 
Later in the meet, Quon recorded a time of 2:10.13 to win the 200-yard Backstroke. 
 
Bowman earned her own first place finish in the 100-yard Butterfly, with a time of 57.76, good for the ninth-best time in program history. 
 
Lafferty picked up two individual wins in the meet.  She recorded a season-best time of 24.06 in the 50-yard Freestyle and won the 100-yard Freestyle, with a time of 53.74.  McLean finished third in the 50-yard Freestyle, with a time of 24.93, while Bowman came in fourth, with a time of 24.97.
McLean also finished first in the 500-yard Freestyle, with a time of 5:20.50. 
 
In another strong performance by a freshman, Baur won the 100-yard Backstroke.  She posted a time of 59.84.  Tiberino placed second in the event, with a time of 1:02.24.
 
Fellow rookie Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) earned a win in the 200-yard IM, with a time of 2:16.61.
 
In the 100-yard Breaststroke, O'Neill placed second, with a time of 1:07.88, while Crumm finished third, with a pace of 1:09.04.  Toth came in fourth, with a time of 1:10.97.
 
The Red Flash returns to action on November 12 at Wagner for a 1 p.m. meet against another NEC opponent.