COLUMBIA, S.C. - North Florida women's swimming impressed on day two of the Gamecock Invite, breaking two school records during the evening finals in the 200-yard medley relay and 100-yard butterfly. The Ospreys tallied four top-ten program times on the day while setting 11 personal bests.
Amanda Loomis,
Victoria Torres,
Kayla Daley and
Ashley Kephart kicked off the finals breaking the record for the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.91. The previous record was set by Annie Fletcher, Julianna Graf,
Ashley Cozad and
Marcia Shaw at the 2022 CCSA Championships with a time of 1:45.00.
Freshman
Kayla Daley broke the record for the 100-yard butterfly, overtaking the previous record-holder, Caroline Poling, who had held the record since the 2008-09 competition season. Poling's previously held record was 55.05.
CLIPBOARD NOTES
- Amanda Loomis, Victoria Torres, Kayla Daley, Ashley Kephart broke the school record for the 200-yard medley relay with a combined time of 1:44.91
- Daley broke the school record for the 100-yard butterfly during the evening finals, touching the wall in 54.31
- Daley swam the third fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history during the morning preliminaries with a time of 55.59
- Freshman Riley McCormick recorded a personal best in the 100-yard butterfly touching the wall in 57.84
- Torres tied the second fastest 100-yard breaststroke time (1:03.81) in program history that she set at the CCSA Championships back in February
- Torres notched the fifth fastest 100-yard breaststroke in program history during the evening finals with a time of 1:03.88
- Allea Jensen tallied a personal best in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.24
COFFEY TALK
"What a way to cap off a great day of swimming. This was a total team effort from start to finish! Beginning the finals with a school record in the 200 medley relay and following up with
Kayla Daley breaking the school record in the 100 butterfly. Our swimmers really worked at dropping time. Three-day meets are tough and we are working every session to improve. We look forward to finishing the meet strong tomorrow." —- Head Coach
Ian Coffey
UP NEXT
The Gamecock Invite finishes Friday, Nov. 17 with the preliminaries kicking off at 10 a.m. and the finals getting underway at 4 p.m. Events featured in the prelims will be the: 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and 1,650 freestyle.
Events during the finals will include the: 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and 400 freestyle relay.
