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The La Salle men and women's swim and dive team competed at the Fall Frenzy this past weekend hosted by Queens University of Charlotte.

The women finished their weekend in 7^th place and the men ended the competitions in 6^th. Both squads will be back in action next week when they travel to Greensboro, N.C. for the Toyota US Open.

HOW IT HAPPENED –

• Andrea Savoca was the highlight of the competitions for the Explorers this weekend. On the same day, Savoca broke a previous La Salle program record in the men's 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 54.02 seconds. In the finals of the same event, Savoca broke his own record this time in a time of 53.76 seconds.
• That record breaking performance was good enough to get Savoca on the podium with a third-place finish.
• The women's 50-yard free has been dominated all season by Toni Rafferty, and she did not disappoint in this weekend's events. She took fourth place in a time of 23.46 seconds. Emma van Selm was also able to finish 13^th in the consolation round of this event with a time of 23.77.
• Relays have also been a strong-point for La Salle this season for both the men and women. In the women's 400-yard medley relay the team of Toni Rafferty, Tori Fenn, Carlota Ungo, and Rosalia Marin Martinez finished in sixth at a pace of 3:46.57.
• On the men's side of this event the group of James Bowen, Andrea Savoca, Wes Miles, and Carter Perkins took sixth as well. They swam at a 3:22.21 pace.
• In the women's 200-yard medley relay Lauren Fenn, Carlota Ungo, Tori Fenn, and Toni Rafferty finished fourth in a time of 1:43.57
• With a finish of 1:31.10 in the men's 200-yard medley relay the team of James Bowen, Andrea Savoca, Zach Miller, and Carter Perkins for fifth in the event.
• Tori Fenn had a strong individual performance in the women's 100-yard butterfly swimming to a ninth-place finish in 56.53 seconds.
• The men's 100-yard butterfly proved to be another great result by Savoca. His sixth-place finish was done in 49.34 seconds.
• Sophomore Gabby Herbreder swam a 4:24.63 in the women's 400-yard IM, good enough for a sixth-place finish in the championship of that event.
• Perkins performed well in the men's 200-yard freestyle, finishing eighth overall in a time of 1:42.68.
• In the consolation round of the men's 200-yard backstroke, freshman Owen Reilly swam to a tenth-place finish. His time was 1:52.01.
• Rafferty swam strong in the women's 100-yard freestyle finishing in sixth place. She swam at a pace of 50.87 seconds.
• The women's 200-yard breaststroke consolation event had Ungo finishing ninth at a time of 2:18.62.