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 (DAY 3 - FEBRUARY 14, 2020)
500 Yard Freestyle (Prelims)
1	Nathalia Silva	+$ 5:03.95
20	Megan Hunter	5:29.07
42	Karina Ramosbarbosa	6:20.73
500 Yard Freestyle (Finals)
3	Nathalia Silva	5:05.15
20	Megan Hunter	5:27.49
100 Yard Backstroke (Prelims)
17	Jaycie Knight	1:03.33
18	Jena Wise	1:03.42
100 Yard Backstroke (Finals)
18	Jaycie Knight	1:03.49
19	Jena Wise	1:03.58
100 Yard Breaststroke (Prelims)
6	Sarah Morden	1:08.51
8	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	1:08.81
24	Victoria Brousseau	1:16.09
27	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	1:18.00
34	Alyssa Ramosbarbosa	1:24.44
100 Yard Breaststroke (Finals)
7	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	1:07.76
8	Sarah Morden	1:08.64
22	Victoria Brousseau	1:16.29
200 Yard Butterfly (Prelims)
11	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:18.93
16	Bianca Bateman	2:28.87
21	Natalia Sarmiento	2:35.22
200 Yard Butterfly (Finals)
9	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:15.11
16	Bianca Bateman	2:30.73
20	Natalia Sarmiento	2:35.01
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
4	UNC Pembroke - Mariel Mencia Martinez, Nathalia Silva, Megan Hunter, Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	8:03.49
+ - NCAA Qualifying Mark (B Standard) $ - School Record