ANNVILLE, Pa. – Two school records were broken as the Lebanon Valley College women’s swimming team defeated Cabrini College 123-51 Saturday afternoon in a non-conference meet at the Arnold Sports Center.
LVC (2-6, 1-5 MAC) won its second meet in a row and won every event but one that was not forfeited as an exhibition.
The women’s 800-meter free relay team set a new school record to highlight the day for the Valley. Junior Julia Falkner (Street, Md./North Harford), sophomore Shannon Gamble (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest), sophomore Joanna Tiedeken (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) and junior Lauren Procopio (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) teamed up to win the even in a record-breaking time of 10:45.21.
Several members of the men’s team also swam for times and freshman Isaac Greene (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) came away with his third LVC record of the season. Greene churned out a 4:32.11 clocking in the 400-meter freestyle to break H. Spangler’s 10-year school record of 4:35.70.
Picking up individual victories for the women’s team were freshman Jenn Kush (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) (200-meter free, 2:26.16), Tiedeken (50-meter free, 31.09), Falkner (200-meter free, 2:56.69), Procopio (100-meter back, 1:26.95) and Gamble (400-meter free, 5:40.11). In addition, the 200-meter medley relay team of Kush, Falkner, freshman Sam Meglino (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) and Tiedeken took first in 2:19.13.
Lebanon Valley returns to action on Friday, Jan. 31 when both teams host Widener University in a Middle Atlantic Conference meet starting at 7 p.m.
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