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Women's Swimming Paul Marboe

Swimming Hosts Lock Haven on Saturday

Flash Points:
  • Saint Francis swimming welcomes Lock Haven to the Stokes Natatorium on Saturday for a 1 p.m. meet.
  • The Red Flash is 7-3 in dual meets this year, while the Bald Eagles are 1-2.
  • Freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) has posted Top 10 times in the NEC this season in five different events.

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis swimming team hosts Lock Haven on Saturday for a 1 p.m. meet at the Stokes Natatorium. 
 
The Red Flash is 7-3 in dual meets this season and returns to action after competing in the Magnus Cup, hosted by Cleveland State, on November 18-20.  SFU placed ninth out of 14 teams at the invitational.
 
Junior Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen) placed in the Top 10 in two events during the cup.  She earned a seventh-place finish in the 50-yard Backstroke, with a time of 27.07, and ninth in the 50-yard Freestyle, with a pace of 23.98.
 
Saint Francis earned three of the top seven places in the 50-yard Butterfly.  Freshman Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) recorded a time of 25.80 to finish fifth.  Junior Natalie Tedjasukmana (Anaheim, Calif./Mater Dei) finished sixth, with a time of 25.98, while senior Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary) touched the wall in 26.03 to place seventh.
 
Freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) recorded a time of 4:34.56 in the 400-yard IM, which is the 10th-best in program history.  Fellow rookie Aimee Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) posted the 10th-best time in SFU history in the 100-yard Butterfly, with a pace of 58.96.
 
McLean, Baur, Lafferty and Quon combined for a time of 1:37.60 in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, also the 10th-best time in program history, to place 14th in that event.
 
Quon has enjoyed an impressive freshman campaign, posting Top 10 NEC times in five events this season.  She currently has the second-best time in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (10:38.86), sixth-best times in the 200-yard Backstroke (2:07.67) and 400-yard IM (4:34.56), and the seventh-best times in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:08.49), and 200-yard IM (2:10.10).
 
Junior Emma Karell (Norrtälje, Sweden/Täby Swim Club) owns Top 10 NEC times in four different events.  She holds the conference's sixth-best time in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:10.50), seventh-best in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:47.17) and the ninth-best in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:26.90).  She is tied with McLean for the league's ninth-best time in the 400-yard IM (4:39.24).
 
Bowman and Lafferty each hold a pair of Top 10 NEC times.  Bowman has the ninth-best times in the 100-yard Butterfly (57.76) and 200-yard IM (2:10.35), while Lafferty has the sixth-best pace in the 50-yard Freestyle (23.86) and eighth-best in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:55.08).  Baur has the conference's eighth-best time in the 100-yard Backstroke (58.96).
 
ABOUT THE BALD EAGLES
Lock Haven is 1-2 in dual meets this season, with a 158-43 win over Wilkes, and losses against East Stroudsburg (126-78) and Millersville (121-84).  The Bald Eagles placed seventh at the Colgate Fall Classic and sixth at the Diamond City Invite.
 
Sophomore Raechel Rodriguez owns LHU's top times in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:10.28), 200-yard Breaststroke (2:36.10), 100-yard IM (1:06.32) and 200-yard IM (2:16.84).
 
Freshman Kristin Allen has the Bald Eagles' top time in four events, including the 100-yard Backstroke (1:01.31), 200-yard Backstroke (2:13.80), 100-yard Butterfly (1:01.97) and 200-yard Butterfly (2:20.49).
 
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Players Mentioned

Emma Karell

Emma Karell

Junior
Katie Lafferty

Katie Lafferty

Junior
Paige McLean

Paige McLean

Senior
Natalie Tedjasukmana

Natalie Tedjasukmana

Junior
Aimee Baur

Aimee Baur

Freshman
Karilyn Quon

Karilyn Quon

Freshman
Sabrina Bowman

Sabrina Bowman

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Emma Karell

Emma Karell

Junior
Katie Lafferty

Katie Lafferty

Junior
Paige McLean

Paige McLean

Senior
Natalie Tedjasukmana

Natalie Tedjasukmana

Junior
Aimee Baur

Aimee Baur

Freshman
Karilyn Quon

Karilyn Quon

Freshman
Sabrina Bowman

Sabrina Bowman

Freshman