KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Nathalia Silva shattered a Conference Carolinas Championships record on the way to taking top honors in the 1,000-yard Freestyle, and the Braves broke another league record on the way to a win in the 200-yard Medley Relay, to highlight opening-day action at the 2022 Conference Carolinas Championships on Wednesday.
 
The Braves accumulated 126 points and lead second place Emmanuel heading into day two of the four-day event inside the Kingsport Aquatics Center in southeast Tennessee. Thursday's action will begin at 10 a.m. with the 500-yard Freestyle discipline.
 
Silva out-raced 17 other swimmers in the 1,000-yard Freestyle by nearly 11 seconds to set the momentum early for the Braves who finished the night out with a pair of relay wins. Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Sarah Morden, Gillian Manning and Mariel Mencia Martinez teamed up to captured the 200-yard Medley Relay by 0.86 seconds over Lees-McRae, and Silva got in on the relay action minutes later when she, Anna Miller, Mencia Martinez and Manning won the 800-yard Freestyle Relay by more than five seconds.

The Black & Gold also logged a win in Wednesday's 800-yard Freestyle Relay discipline as well.
 

AT CONFERENCE CAROLINAS CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAY 1 - FEBRUARY 16, 2022)
1000 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	#10:34.10
5	Anna Miller	11:00.78
10	Gretchen Gillenwater	11:24.03
13	Nevaeh Roverato	12:00.24
16	Madeline Everhart	12:36.35
17	Sara Ormsby	13:07.41
200 Yard Medley Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Sarah Morden, Gillian Manning, Mariel Mencia Martinez	#1:45.74
-	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Paige Seplak, Bianca Bateman, Natalia Sarmiento, Nevaeh Roverato	1:58.49
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Nathalia Silva, Anna Miller, Mariel Mencia Martinez, Gillian Manning	7:47.13
$ - School Record # - Conference Carolinas Championships Record + - NCAA B Standard Qualifying Time