CANTON, Ohio – Freshman Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos registered a school-record time of 4:42.03 on the way to third place honors in the 400-yard Individual Medley and the UNC Pembroke swimming team eclipsed a quintet of program superlatives on the second day of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference/Mountain East Conference Championships.
 
Freshmen Mariel Mencia Martinez, Nathalia Silva and Jena Wise teamed up with veteran Bianca Batemen to bust the school record in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:40.53 and a fifth place finish. Mencia Martinez shattered the program mark in the 100-yard Butterfly and post a fourth-place showing, while Silva eclipsed the school record by nearly 3-1/2 seconds and touched in fifth place in the finals of the 200-yard Freestyle.
 
The evening was capped by another school record performance by a UNCP relay team. The 400 Medley Relay squad – Jaycie Knight, Rodriguez Matos, Bateman and Megan Hunter – obliterated the 4-month-old school record in the event by more than eight seconds on the way to sixth place.
 
The four-day GMAC/MEC Championships will continue on Friday morning. The prelims of the 500-yard Freestyle event are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
 
 

AT GMAC/MEC CHAMPIONSHIPS (FEBRUARY 13, 2020)
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1	UNC Pembroke - Mariel Mencia Martinez, Jena Wise, Bianca Bateman, Nathalia Silva	$ 1:40.53
400 Yard Individual Medley (Prelims)
7	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	4:49.36
15	Natalia Sarmiento	5:03.51
29	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	5:51.94
400 Yard Individual Medley (Finals)
3	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	$ 4:42.03
15	Natalia Sarmiento	5:02.76
100 Yard Butterfly (Prelims)
8	Mariel Mencia Martinez	59.29
16	Bianca Bateman	1:02.51
20	Jena Wise	1:04.19
24	Jaycie Knight	1:06.31
100 Yard Butterfly (Finals)
4	Mariel Mencia Martinez	$ 56.91
15	Bianca Bateman	1:02.86
19	Jena Wise	1:03.12
21	Jaycie Knight	1:04.86
200 Yard Freestyle (Prelims)
5	Nathalia Silva	1:55.80
18	Megan Hunter	2:01.88
45	Karina Ramosbarbosa	2:17.42
50	Trinity Mack	2:24.50
200 Yard Freestyle (Finals)
5	Nathalia Silva	$ 1:55.46
23	Megan Hunter	2:03.35
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Jaycie Knight, Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Bianca Bateman, Megan Hunter	$ 4:12.43
$ - School Record