#10 Men and #13 Women’s Swimming rewrite record books in final day of Fall Frenzy

Charlotte, N.C. —- The 10th-ranked Catawba College men and 13th-ranked women's swimming teams completed the four-day Queens Fall Frenzy with their most school records set for the week with a staggering 11 broken school records on Sunday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

PRELIMS

- Jurek Larys kicked off the record-setting day with a second-place finish in the 1650 Free; his 15:55.32 was good for an NCAA B-cut

- Marit Reckmann recorded a school-record and NCAA B-cut time of 51.07 in the 100 Free

- Gabi Moll followed suit with a school-record and NCAA B-cut behind a second-place finish with a time of 2:16.93

- Rowan Viles added a seventh-place finish for a B-cut and Catawba-record 2:00.01

- Rebecca Possenti made it four school records in the prelims alone on Sunday morning with a program-best time of 2:05.23 in the 200 Breast

FINALS

- Fiona Byrne placed second in the 1650 final, posting a school-record time of 16:51.90

- Maks Minichowski shaved time off of his own school-record time in the 100 Free with a 43.74 mark

- Moll topped her own school record from earlier in the day in the 200 Breast with a 2:16.34

- Sydney McKenzie also reached an NCAA B-cut time of 2:17.10, three and a half seconds faster than her prelim time

- Viles did the same in the men's 200 Breast, topping his own school record from earlier in the day with a 1:59.91

- Freshman Lassi Niemi swam an NCAA B-cut time of 1:49.00

- Both 400 Free relay teams set new program records; Marleen Plachetka, Reckmann, Brinkley Watson and Sydney Peterson broke the program record with a ninth-place 3:28.06; Ryan Case set an NCAA B-cut time in the 100 Free on the opening leg with a 1:49.71, while Minichowski, Juan Diego Celis and Niemi posted a school-record 2:57.89 ahead of Wingate and Division I schools La Salle and Gardner-Webb

UP NEXT

- Catawba returns to the pool after the Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the USA Swimming US Open