MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Julianna Prim (Yadkinville, NC) broke her seventh individual school record, tenth overall, as the Pfeiffer University women’s swim team defeated Converse and Lenoir-Rhyne in a Breast Cancer Awareness dual pink meet on Saturday afternoon at the Merner Pool. The Lady Falcons defeated the Valkyries 63-51 and the Bears by a score of 64-53.

Prim’s record-breaker came in 400-yard individual medley. Prim clocked in with a time of 4:39.57 topping her nearest competitor by over 13 seconds. Prim also took the top individual spot in the 100-yard butterfly as well as in a pair of team relays. Along with Yukina Onoda (Concord, NC), Haley Carter (Huntersville, NC) and Nicole DiVaccaro (Woodstown, NJ), Prim helped started the day off on the right foot with a win in the meet’s first event, the 400 IM relay with a time of 4:15.28.

After starting the day off right, Prim, Onoda, Cater and Samantha Maness (Conway, SC) finished it off right with a relay win in the pink meet’s final event with a time of 4:39.57 in the 800-yard freestyle relay.

Maness, Onoda and Prim each won two individual events for the Lady Falcons while Carter secured one. Pfeiffer will dive back in the pool this Saturday in a dual meet at Catawba. The first race will begin at 11:00 a.m.  

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-Sean Fox

MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Both the men’s and women’s swim teams at Pfeiffer University competed last Saturday in the annual Boo Bash Relays held at Catawba College. The men placed third while the women finished fourth breaking three more school records.

The men scored 76 points trailing Wingate and Limestone in the Halloween relays. On the women’s side, the Lady Falcons finished with 62 points as Wingate University won both the men’s and women’s rankings.

Pfeiffer freshman Julianna Prim (Yadkinville, NC) broke two more individual records and participated on the one relay record-breaker. Prim set the new mark in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:08.15, the 100 fly with a time of 58.09 and along with Yukina Onoda (Concord, NC), Samantha Maness (Conway, SC) and Haley Carter (Huntersville, NC) set the new mark in the 800 free relay clocking in at 8:10.50.

The men are off this weekend while the women will host Lenoir-Rhyne and Converse in their first home meet of the season on Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.

-Sean Fox

MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Pfeiffer University picked up a split decision in swimming action on Saturday afternoon at VMI. The women scored a 111-80 win breaking two more school records while the men dropped a 157-118 decision in Lexington, Virginia. Both teams stand at 1-1 through the first two meets.

The Lady Falcons broke two more school records on Saturday, one coming in the first event of the day, the 400 medley relay. Yukina Onoda, Haley Carter, Julianna Prim and Samantha Maness, all four freshmen, clocked in with a time of 4:10.58, shattering the 14-year old record by seven seconds. Two events later in the 200 free, Prim dismantled a 17-year old record by seven seconds finishing with a time of 1:53.64. Pfeiffer won 11 of the 13 events in the meet.

George Moreno led the men’s swim team with three individual and one relay first place finishes. Moreno took the top spot in the 50 free, 100 free and 50 fly. Moreno teamed up with David Angell, Kevin Parks and Mark Franz for a win in the 400 medley relay.

Both the men and women’s swim teams get back to action on Halloween at the Boo Bash Relays. Catawba will host the festivities on Saturday in Salisbury beginning at 10:00 a.m.

-Sean Fox

In the 100 freestyle, event one of the day, Prim eclipsed the old record of 53.97 set by Julie Busfield in March of 2001 with a 53.39. In event two, the 100 fly, Prim crushed the 15-year old record of 1:01.19 by Rebecca Spera set in March of 1994. Prim clocked in with a 58.50 setting the new record by almost three seconds. The third and final record-breaker came in the 200 IM as Prim set the new mark at almost a second faster than Jaime Jones did back in 1999 with a time of 2:12.75.

The women’s swim team gets the 2009-2010 season underway on Saturday, November 7th at home against Lenoir-Rhyne and Converse. The meet will begin at 2:00 p.m.