Results

Loretto, Pa. - The Saint Francis swim team hosted Liberty in its 2019-20 season opener, falling to the defending Big South champion Flames 152-109 despite many noteworthy individual performances from Red Flash swimmers.

The Red Flash finished 1-2 in the 100-Yard backstroke as senior Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) won the event with a time of 1:08.48 followed by junior Katelyn O'Connor (Torrance, Calif./South High) at 1:08.97.

Other SFU winners were sophomore Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School), who won the 50-Yard Freestyle with a time of 24.99, and senior Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) in the 100-Yard Butterfly at 57.70. McCullough finished second in the event at 58.87.

Senior Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) notched a victory in the 200-Yard IM, winning the event with a time of 2:10.19.

Freshman Shauna Abair (Lantana, Fl/Home School) had an impressive debut with second-place finishes in the 500-Yard (5:14.87) and 1000-Yard Freestyle (10:54.77) events. Fellow freshman Zoey Wilson (Irwin, Pa./Hempfield Area) was SFU's low finisher in the 200-Yard Freestyle, finishing third with a mark of 2:01.00.

Sophomore Amelia Laudenbach (Kambah, Australia/Trinity Christian School) earned four team points in the 100-Yard Backstroke, placing second with a time of 1:00.18. Junior Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor) was right behind her with a time of 1:00.48 to touch the wall in third.

Junior Jessica Rupp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin) finished third in the 200-Yard Butterfly with a time of 2:15.30 while sophomore Chloe Clemens (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby High School) placed third in the 50-Yard Freestyle (25.51).

Bowman and Wilson took second and third in the 100-Yard Freestyle to combine for seven points in the event. 

Quon was SFU's top scorer in the 200-Yard Backstroke, finishing third at 2:07.72, while O'Connor's time of 2:31.96 was good for third place in the 200-Yard Breaststroke.

The 200-Yard Medley Team of Medvesek, O'Neill, Bowman and Quon earned second place with a mark of 1:49.08, while the 200-Yard Freestyle Team of senior Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), sophomore Julia Bradford (Edinboro, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Clemens and sophomore Rebecca Pendleton (Maple Glen, PA/Upper Dublin High Schhol) finished third.

Saint Francis recognized its eight senior before the meet in Meghan Albertelli (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop), Emily Anderson (Middlesburg Heights, Ohio/Berea-Midpark), Bowman, Emily Graziano (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford), Teresa Narduzzi (West Orange, N.J./West Orange), O'Neill, Quon and Toth. 

The Red Flash return to action next weekend at NJIT.