CHARLOTTE – Freshman Gillian Manning and sophomore Mariel Mencia Martinez each registered school-record performances in both the morning and evening sessions, while also tacking up NCAA B Standard qualifying times in their respective discipline, to highlight action for the 33^rd-ranked UNC Pembroke swim team on Friday at the Queens-hosted Royal Open.
 
Manning toppled a 1-year-old school record and established an NCAA qualifying mark in the 500-yard Freestyle in Friday morning's preliminary round, and then did it again in the evening session with a time of 4:56.07. Likewise, Mencia Martinez toppled Manning's 2-week-old record and tacked up an NCAA qualifying mark in the 100-yard Freestyle in the morning session, and then bested her own program mark by 0.21 seconds on Friday evening.
 
The Braves will continue competition inside Queens University's Levine Center on Saturday morning.
 
 

AT ROYAL OPEN (FEBRUARY 26, 2021)
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Mariel Mencia Martinez, Gillian Manning, Nathalia Silva, Caterina Coughlin	1:44.41
500 Yard Freestyle (Prelim)
1	Gillian Manning	+ 4:59.61
500 Yard Freestyle (Final)
1	Gillian Manning	$+ 4:56.07
100 Yard Freestyle (Prelim)
2	Mariel Mencia Martinez	+ 52.00
100 Yard Freestyle (Final)
3	Mariel Mencia Martinez	$+ 51.79
200 Yard Butterfly (Prelim)
4	Caterina Coughlin	2:12.38
200 Yard Freestyle (Final)
4	Caterina Coughlin	2:12.86
$ - School Record + - NCAA B Standard Qualifying Time