Flash Points:

• SFU swimming picked up two dual meet wins at the Western PA Invitational on Saturday. 
• The Red Flash defeated California University(Pa.) and Clarion.
• SFU reached 11 dual-meet wins in a season for the first time in program history and is now 11-8 this season.
• The Red Flash has concluded the regular season and will compete at the NEC Championships on February 15-18.

Results

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Saint Francis swimming team has set a new program-record with 11 dual meets this season after earning two dual meet wins at Saturday's Western PA Invitational, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.  The Red Flash is now 11-8 this season.
 
Saint Francis earned wins over California University(Pa.) (192-58) and Clarion (191-86) to reach the 11-win mark.  SFU fell 246-47 against Pitt, 179-113 against Carnegie Mellon and 172-84 against Duquesne.
 
The Red Flash has reached 10 wins in a season five times in program history, most recently in 2014-15.  Saint Francis has finished the regular season with a winning record the last four seasons, all under the leadership of Head Coach Rory Coleman.
 
The meet began with 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 fifth-place finish, with a time of 1:49.42.
 
The team of sophomore Marisa Daly (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan), sophomore Jessica Crumm (New Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley), junior Emma Karell (Norrtälje, Sweden/Täby Swim Club) and junior Alicia Tiberino (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) placed 16th, with a pace of 1:55.34.
 
The group of sophomore Kristin Fisher (Lakevilla, Conn./Housatonic Valley Regional), freshman Laura Patrick (Lake Charles, La./St. Louis Catholic), sophomore Rory O'Dell (Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood) and freshman Emily Graziano (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford) recorded a time of 1:58.78 to place 17th.
 
The Red Flash placed two in the Top 10 of the 1000-yard Freestyle.  Sophomore Fallon Nelson (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant) led SFU with a time of 11:20.11 to finish seventh.  Right behind Nelson was junior Kasey Marks (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) in eighth, with a time of 11:21.75.  Finishing just outside of the Top 10, in 11th, was sophomore Shelby Sanko (McAdoo, Pa./Hazleton Area), who touched the wall in 12:15.15.
 
In the 200-yard Freestyle, Quon earned a fourth-place finish, posting a time of 1:56.16.  Lafferty came in ninth, with a time of 1:58.28, while Graziano placed 14th, with a pace of 2:03.36.
 
Freshman Aimee Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) was SFU's top finisher in the 100-yard Backstroke.  She posted a time of 59.90.  Fellow rookie Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) placed eighth, touching the wall in 1:00.33, while Daly finished 15th, with a time of 1:02.72.
 
O'Neill recorded a ninth-place finish in the 100-yard Breaststroke as the freshman posted a time of 1:07.96.  Crumm claimed 11th, with a pace of 1:08.51, while Patrick placed 15th, with a time of 1:09.93.
 
Karell earned a Top 10 finish in the 200-yard Butterfly, recording a time of 2:14.84 to place eighth.
 
In the 50-yard Freestyle, Bowman led the Red Flash with a time of 25.39 to place 13th.  Baur touched the wall in 25.56 to finish 15th, while freshman Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) claimed 16th, with a time of 25.61.
 
Tiberino posted SFU's top time in the 100-yard Freestyle, finishing 14th with a pace of 55.99.  Toth was right behind in 15th, with a time of 56.12, while sophomore Amanda Crnic (Conway, Ark./Conway) was 20th, with a pace of 57.51.
 
In the 200-yard Backstroke, Baur placed ninth to lead the Red Flash, with a time of 2:10.70.  Daly posted a time of 2:14.80 to place 14th and O'Dell was 16th, with a time of 2:15.09.
 
The Red Flash placed three swimmers in the Top Seven of the 200-yard Breaststroke, led by Karell's time of 2:28.53, which was good for fourth.  O'Neill recorded a time of 2:28.84 to place fifth and Patrick was seventh, touching the wall in 2:30.04.
 
Saint Francis then finished with three swimmers in the Top Seven of the 500-yard Freestyle.  Quon earned second place, recording a time of 5:10.68.  Lafferty followed in third, posting a time of 5:17.50.  Graziano claimed seventh, with a pace of 5:23.34. 
 
Tiberino was SFU's first finisher in the 100-yard Butterfly, with a time of 1:01.76.  Freshman Teresa Narduzzi (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) placed 20th, with a pace of 1:06.48.
 
In the 200-yard IM, Quon came in ninth with SFU's top time, 2:12.44.  McLean finished 11th, with a time of 2:14.09, while Patrick was 17th, with a pace of 2:18.86.
 
The last event of the meet was the 200-yard Freestyle Relay.  SFU's team of Lafferty, Tiberino, O'Neill and Baur placed fourth, recording a time of 1:39.49.
 
Bowman, Graziano, Crnic and Toth placed 11th, posting a time of 1:43.47.
 
The Red Flash will conclude the 2016-17 season at the NEC Championships on February 15-18 in Cambridge, Mass.