Rochester, N.Y. – Nazareth's women's swimming and diving team celebrated their seniors on Saturday, as they hosted the Penn State Behrend Nittany Lions for an out-of-conference affair. The Golden Flyers came short, falling by a score of 157-125.

How It Happened

• The 200m Medley Relay team of Ellen Burroughs, Peyton Buell, Emily LeFrois-Heath and Alexis Eisler made history, becoming the fastest women's relay team in Nazareth University History for short course meters, recording a time of 2:03.85. They bested the previous record (set in 2018) of 2:04.12 while also managing to beat a surging PSB team by .01 seconds

• Ellen Burroughs was a three-time winner on the day, claiming victories in the 200m Freestyle (2:17.6), the 50m Freestyle (28.62), and the 400m Freestyle (4:46.34)

• LeFrois-Heath won two events; the 100m Breaststroke (1:20.15) and the 100m Butterfly (1:06.78)

• The diving duo of Olivia Spinelli and Hannah Kolakowski dominated the diving boards. Spinelli took the victory on the 1m (233.2) and second place on the 3m (206.4), while Kolakowski won the 3m (249.3) and took second on the 1m (221.1)

• Peyton Buell was runner-up in each of her events, finishing with times of 1:12.98 (100m Backstroke), 2:35.82 (200m Backstroke), and 1:12.7 (100m IM)

• Alexis Eisler finished in second place in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 1:03.1, and third in the 50m Freestyle at 29.49

What's Next

The Golden Flyers' scheduled meet on Sunday, January 25th at the Dick Comanzo Diving Invitational was canceled due to inclement weather. They will gear up for the Empire 8 Conference Championships beginning on Wednesday, February 18th and running through Saturday, February 21st.