The University of New Orleans women's swimming team broke five school records as they defeated Delta State 143-85 Saturday.
“It was a pretty neat experience to watch our kids step up and win a meet 10 days before conference,” Coach Ashley Tappin said. “Our girls knew that they had to step up today and they came up big with a win in what has been a bizarre year.”
Sarah Gros broke a pair of school records in her freestyle events. Gros set a new school standard by eight seconds in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:47.41 and followed that performance with a new school best in the 500 freestyle (5:18.01). Alissa Dundes finished third in the 1000 freestyle for a personal best time of 12:23.86.
Erika Gransater continued the record breaking day with a 59.46 second place finish in the 100 butterfly. Teammates Carina Morell (1:00.77) and Lindsey Townsend (1:01.46) took third and fourth in the event.
Gransater broke a second school mark by finishing the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:08.13.
The final school record to fall on the day was a team effort as the 200 freestyle relay team finished the race in 1:47.37 to take first place.
Ashley McClelland took first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.32, while Cathryn Garvey was first in the 100 freestyle (55.42).
Courtney Hamilton had a personal best 2:14.08 in the 200 individual medley.
Townsend and Tory Sciortino swept the top two spots in the 200 freestyle with respective personal bests of 1:59.80 and 2:00.97.
The Privateers will train next week in preparation for the Sun Belt Conference meet that takes place Feb. 16-18 in Denver.
