ORLANDO – Freshman Bianca Bateman shattered the 100-yard Freestyle school record by more than two seconds, while the 400-yard Freestyle Relay squad topped the previous program best by more than five seconds, to lead the UNC Pembroke swimming team to a third place finish at the Sun Coast Swimming Conference Championships on Saturday at the Orlando YMCA Aquatic Center.
 
The Braves accumulated 442 points over the course of the three-day event to post their best finish at the SCSC Championships in program history. Keiser topped the seven-team field with 863 points, while South Georgia State finished second with 672 points.
 
Bateman posted a time of 56.76 seconds in the 100-yard Freestyle to top teammate Jaiden Estrada's previous school record (59.18) in the event which was established in the dual meet at Columbia on September 29. The 400-yard Freestyle Relay team – Bateman, Estrada, Jaycie Knight, Nadia Bent – touched the wall in 3:53.11 on the way to a fifth place finish in Saturday's final event. That time was more than five seconds faster than the previous school record that was set at last year's SCSC Championships.

 

SCSC CHAMPIONSHIPS - DAY 3 (FEBRUARY 9, 2019)
Team Standings (Final)
Place	Team	Points
1	Keiser University	863
2	South Georgia State College	672
3	UNC Pembroke	442
4	Pfeiffer	389
5	Thomas University	387
6	Warren Wilson	91
7	LaGrange College	54
1650 Yard Freestyle
5	Megan Hunter	18:54.48
200 Yard Backstroke (A Final)
6	Jaycie Knight	2:20.34
200 Yard Backstroke (B Final)
11	Mary Thorn	2:52.44
12	Taylor Lusk	3:08.87
200 Yard Backstroke (Prelim)
8	Jaycie Knight	2:23.19
12	Mary Thorn	2:52.58
13	Taylor Lusk	3:13.21
100 Yard Freestyle (A Final)
6	Bianca Bateman	56.76
7	Jaiden Estrada	57.38
100 Yard Freestyle (B Final)
9	Nadia Bent	57.92
100 Yard Freestyle (Prelim)
10	Jaiden Estrada	58.64
11	Bianca Bateman	58.69
12	Nadia Bent	58.84
16	Karina Ramosbarbosa	1:04.69
20	Keylin Ruiz-Gutierrez	1:12.77
200 Yard Breaststroke (A Final)
4	Victoria Brousseau	2:51.79
5	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	2:56.01
200 Yard Breaststroke (Prelim)
4	Victoria Brousseau	2:51.92
5	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	2:56.98
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
5	UNC Pembroke - Jaycie Knight, Nadia Bent, Jaiden Estrada, Bianca Bateman	3:53.11