Brooklyn, NY- The Saint Francis University Swimming team swam past LIU today in a 160 to 92 victory. The Red Flash came to win, with three swimmers placing first not once, but twice as well as winning both relays. This is the second win of this season against LIU.
Red Flash Recap- As a team, the Red Flash tallied ten first place finishes out of the fourteen events they competed in today against the Sharks. SFU continues their win streak this season and extends it to 4 straight after an impressive win today.
Saint Francis came in first and second in the 200-yard Medley Relay. The first-place finishers included sophomores
Amelia Laudenbach (Kambah, Australia/Trinity Christian School),
Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School), freshman
Krysta Weik (Lebanon, Pa/Cedar Crest) and senior
Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) with a time of 1:49.67. Close behind in second with a time of 1:51.22, junior
Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor), senior Erin O'Neil, sophomore
Rebecca Pendleton (Maple Glen, PA/Upper Dublin High Schhol), and junior
Katelyn O'Connor (Torrance, Calif./South High).
In the 200-yard Freestyle, senior
Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) came out on top with a time of 1:59.50. Right behind her was freshman
Zoey Wilson (Irwin, Pa./Hempfield Area) who swam a 2:01.92.
Sophomore
Rebecca Pendleton (Maple Glen, PA/Upper Dublin High Schhol) came in first with a time of 2:13.19 in the 200-yard Butterfly as well as the 100-yard butterfly in a quick time of 59.98.
Seniors
Sabrina Bowman (Vandergrift, Pa./Saint Joseph's) and Erin O'Neil came in first and second in the 50-yard freestyle with speedy times of 24.58 and 25.42. Bowman as well placed first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:09.14.
In the 100-yard freestyle sophomore
Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School) placed first in 53.75.
The Red Flash dominated in the 200-yard breaststroke placing first, second, and third. In first came senior
Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) with a time of 2:12:02. Second, was junior
Urska Medvesek (Maribor, Slovenia/Gymnasium Maribor) in 2:13.38. And in third, junior
Jessica Rupp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin) swam a time of 2:15.25.
In the 500-yard freestyle sophomore
Amelia Laudenbach (Kambah, Australia/Trinity Christian School) placed first with a time of 5:15.98.
Wrapping up the meet was the 400-yard freestyle relay where the SFU team of junior
Katelyn O'Connor (Torrance, Calif./South High), sophomore
Annabelle McCullough (Mercersburg, PA./James Buchanan High School), and seniors
Kristen Toth (Silver Spring, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) and
Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol) placed first just ahead of the LIU sharks. These four swam in a time of 3:40.11 which outlasted the sharks who were very close behind with a time of 3:41.19.
The Saint Francis University swim team posted another impressive score of 160 to 92 to outlast the sharks and keep up their winning streak for the season.
The Red Flash will be back in action the end of this month when they head to Lynchburg, VA to compete against Liberty University November 22
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