Swimming Breaks 400 Medley Relay Record on Day One of Gamecock Invite

Wednesday, November 20

Columbia, S.C.

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University of North Florida

Gamecock Invite (Day 1)

UNF Swimming diving into the pool at the UNF Competition Pool Complex

Swimming Breaks 400 Medley Relay Record on Day One of Gamecock Invite

11/20/2024 9:30:00 PM | Women's Swimming

Preliminary Results Finals Results Day One Team Scores

Eight Ospreys Tally Personal Bests

COLUMBIA, S.C. - North Florida women's swimming kicked off the first day of the Gamecock Invite breaking a seven year-old school record in the 400-yard medley relay and posting three top-ten program times in the 50-yard freestyle on Wednesday.

The group of Reeves Showfety, Victoria Torres, Kayla Daley and Ashley Kephart broke the school record for the 400-yard medley relay with a combined time of 3:46.89. The previous record was set by Jacqueline Barklund, Francesca Vandersluis, Sydney Groth and Camryn Greenleaf at the Florida Tech Invite on Nov. 17, 2017.

CLIPBOARD NOTES

Showfety, Torres, Daley and Kephart broke a seven year-old record in the 400-yard medley relay during the evening finals
Paige Munna swam a personal best in the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries with a time of 4:59.74, while also qualifying for the evening finals
Torres recorded the second fastest 50-yard freestyle in program history, touching the wall in 23.63
Shaw recorded a time of 23.74 in both the preliminaries and finals for the 50-yard freestyle, tallying the eighth and ninth fastest 50 free times in program history
Eight Ospreys tallied personal bests on day one of the Gamecock Invite

COFFEY TALK
"Starting off the first day the way we did is a testament to the hard work these young ladies put forth every single day in the pool. We had many personal bests and saw three times go into the top 10 in the 50 freestyle. There were solid relays in both the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay, not to mention capping off the day in the 400 medley relay with a new school record. This was a great way to start off this meet. This is one of the fastest mid-season invitationals I've been to and we really stepped up. We're looking forward to swimming even faster tomorrow." -- head coach Ian Coffey

UP NEXT
The Ospreys continue with day two of the Gamecock Invite Thursday, Nov. 21.

Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m., while the finals get underway at 6 p.m.

The 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke and 800-yard freestyle relay will all be swam on day two.