Three Sweet Briar swimmers prepare to start the backstroke at Guilford.
Theresa Carriveau

Swimming

Trio posts personal-best times at Pfeiffer

MISENHEIMER, N.C. — Sweet Briar swimmers tallied three personal-best times on Saturday, as the Vixens fell 142-27 to UNC Pembroke and 126-38 against host Pfeiffer at the Merner Gym Pool.

Saturday's meet got underway with a fourth-place finish for the Vixens in the 200-yard medley relay. Sweet Briar's relay team of sophomore Taylor Shaw (Virginia Beach, Va.), junior Nora Florio (Lynchburg, Va.), first-year Elizabeth Sanford (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Theresa Carriveau (West Chicago, Ill.) touched the wall with a time of 2:41.37.

The 200-yard freestyle saw sophomore Lizzie Martin (Dothan, Ala.) sixth with a time of 2:38.08.

Sanford recorded a personal-best time of 29.63 as she finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, while first-year Leilani Williams (Amherst, Va.) was seventh at 29.89. Junior Dharma Kear was eighth in the 50-yard freestyle at 30.08 and Shaw posted a time of 39.34 to finish 10th.

Williams finished sixth at 3:00.08 in the 200-yard individual medley and Sanford was fourth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:20.83.

The sixth event of the day, the 100-yard freestyle, saw Vixens finish seventh through 10th. Recording a personal-best time of 1:12.13, Martin finished seventh and sophomore Lauren Jones (Danville, Va.) was eighth at 1:13.59. Florio was ninth at 1:18.20, while Shaw touched 10th with a time of 1:29.79.

Kear touched the wall in the 100-yard backstroke in fifth, with a personal-best time of 1:17.60. Williams followed Kear with a time of 1:19.87 to finish sixth.

Jones posted her best time of the season in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall fifth at 7:15.45.

The final individual event of the day, the 100-yard breaststroke, finished with Martin in sixth at 1:27.71 and Florio in eighth at 1:47.23.

Sweet Briar swam an exhibition relay in the 200-yard freestyle and saw Williams, Kear, Carriveau and Jones finish with a time of 2:06.52.

The Vixens are set to compete at the inaugural Lynchburg Invitational on Saturday, November 9 at 11 a.m., held at the Liberty Natatorium.

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Players Mentioned

Theresa Carriveau

Theresa Carriveau

Junior
Jr.
Nora Florio

Nora Florio

Junior
Jr.
Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones

Sophomore
So.
Dharma Kear

Dharma Kear

Junior
Jr.
Lizzie Martin

Lizzie Martin

Sophomore
So.
Taylor Shaw

Taylor Shaw

Sophomore
So.
Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth Sanford

First-Year
Fy.
Leilani Williams

Leilani Williams

First-Year
Fy.

Players Mentioned

Theresa Carriveau

Theresa Carriveau

Junior
Jr.
Nora Florio

Nora Florio

Junior
Jr.
Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones

Sophomore
So.
Dharma Kear

Dharma Kear

Junior
Jr.
Lizzie Martin

Lizzie Martin

Sophomore
So.
Taylor Shaw

Taylor Shaw

Sophomore
So.
Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth Sanford

First-Year
Fy.
Leilani Williams

Leilani Williams

First-Year
Fy.