Loretto, Pa.- The Red Flash swam valiantly and despite a record breaking swim by Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) ultimately fell prey to the Bowling Green Falcons by a score of 163-78.

Almoney's Angle

Coach Almoney was positive after his first meet with the Red Flash, "Overall, it was a good first meet. We are off to a good start. It is a long season but we are feeling very confident after tonight."

Meet Highlights
 
Bowling Green won the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:48.62. The highest placing Red Flash team of Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor), Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) and Katelyn O'Connor (Torrance, Calif./South High) combined for a third place time of 149.40.
 
In the 200 Freestyle, Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) took home with a mark of 1:56.03.  Camille Nguyen (Mason, Ohio/Mason) finished sixth (2:00.85).
 
Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor) continued her stellar day with a third place time of 28.70 in the 50 Backstroke. Teresa Narduzzi (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) earned fourth by finishing 0.18 of a second behind her teammate.
 
Mackenzie Lawson (Charlottesville, Va./The Covenant School) wasted no time returning to her starring form with a convincing win in the 50 Backstroke. Lawson touched the wall in 31.38. Teammate Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) placed fourth with a mark of 31.78.
 
Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) treated the packed Stokes Natatorium to a rare event as the swift swimmer set a new pool record in the 100 Butterfly. Bowman conquered the event in 56.59 seconds. Needless to say, her time won the event. Freshman Julia Bradford (Edinboro, Pa./Villa Maria Academy ) earned third place with a time of 1:00.17.
 
In the 50 Freestyle, spectators witnessed a rare event as Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School) and Chloe Clemens (Chesterfield, Va. /Cosby High School) tied for third with twin times of 25:35.
 
Bowman continued her dominance with a win in the 100 Freestyle as the juggernaut junior touched the wall in 53.70.
 
Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor), for the thrice time, finished third in an event. The Slovenian swimmer had a time of 1:01.56 in the 100 Backstroke. Fellow Flash Amelia Laudenbach (Kambah, Australia/Trinity Christian School) placed fourth with a time of 1:02.24.
 
In the 100 Breaststroke, Mackenzie Lawson (Charlottesville, Va./The Covenant School) narrowly missed out on first place with a time of 1:08.29.
 
The 5x100 Freestyle Relay squad of Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol), Emily Graziano (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford), Amanda Crnic (Conway, Ark./Conway), Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor) and Camille Nguyen (Mason, Ohio/Mason) raced well as a group to earn silver with a time of 4:46.38.
 
Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School) grabbed second in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 26.53. Once again, there was a Saint Francis tie, this time for fourth as Camille Nguyen (Mason, Ohio/Mason) and Julia Bradford (Edinboro, Pa./Villa Maria Academy ) shared a symmetry time of 27.27. 
 
Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) placed second in the 200 IM with a mark of 2:11.18.
 
In the concluding event of the 200 Freestyle Relay, the SFU squad of Bowman, O'Neill, Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), and Katelyn O'Connor (Torrance, Calif./South High) navigated the pool to a time of 1:40.10 good enough for third place.

General Information
 
A full list of results can be found here.
 
The Red Flash return to the pool on October 5th and 6th at the Northeast Catholic Invitational.