BUIES CREEK – Fabiana Pesce and Fatima Portillo each took top honors in an event to highlight the action for the UNC Pembroke swim team who fell 179-80 to Campbell on Saturday afternoon inside the Johnson Aquatic Center.

Portillo claimed the 200-yard Butterfly title with a time of 2:09.16, while Pesce won the 100-yard Butterfly with a time of 2:09.16. The 200-yard Medley Relay team of Gabby Hyson, Ianna Gomez Veloz, Fabiana Pesce, and Ting-Yu Pan placed second with a time of 1:52.00, and the 400-yard Freestyle Relay team made up of Fabiana Pesce, Sofia Pereira, Naekeisha Louis, and Britta Schwengle also finished second. 

The Braves combined for 14 top-3 finishes during Saturday's meet. UNCP will now shift their attention to the Conference Carolinas Championship set to begin on Feb. 19. The four-day meet will take place at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, N.C. 

 

VS. CAMPBELL (JANUARY 25, 2025)
200 Yard Medley Relay
2	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Gabby Hyson, Ianna Gomez Veloz, Fabiana Pesce, Ting-Yu Pan	1:52.00
5	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Kaeleigh Cupples, Benedetta Pepe Pugliese, Fatima Portillo, Luisa Rios	1:57.26
1000 Yard Freestyle
2	Britta Schwengle	10:50.79
3	Sofia Pereira	11:02.78
5	Nina Wiatrowski	13:38.14
200 Yard Freestyle
2	Fabiana Pesce	2:00.28
4	Ella Humbert	2:12.20
5	Benedetta Pepe Pugliese	2:12.63
Exh.	Maddie Ray	2:13.67
Exh.	Ting-Yu Pan	2:14.28
Exh.	Luisa Rios	2:14.98
100 Yard Backstroke
5	Kaeleigh Cupples	1:04.83
100 Yard Breaststroke
3	Ianna Gomez Veloz	1:09.15
4	Sara Woodruff	1:14.42
5	Maddie Ray	1:16.02
Exh.	Ella Humbert	1:18.37
200 Yard Butterfly
1	Fatima Portillo	2:09.16
3	Gabby Hyson	2:17.25
50 Yard Freestyle
3	Naekeisha Louis	25.60
4	Ting-Yu Pan	25.99
5	Ianna Gomez Veloz	27.02
Exh.	Luisa Rios	27.46
Exh.	Nina Wiatrowski	30.86
100 Yard Freestyle
3	Britta Schwengle	55.22
5	Ting-Yu Pan	58.11
6	Naekeisha Louis	58.60
Exh.	Luisa Rios	1:00.78
Exh.	Gretchen Gillenwater	1:05.27
Exh.	Nina Wiatrowski	1:06.62
200 Yard Backstroke
4	Gabby Hyson	2:26.16
200 Yard Breaststroke
3	Ianna Gomez Veloz	2:34.72
4	Benedetta Pepe Pugliese	2:36.71
5	Kaeleigh Cupples	2:37.97
Exh.	Maddie Ray	2:47.22
n/a	Sara Woodruff	DQ
500 Yard Freestyle
2	Britta Schwengle	5:19.02
3	Sofia Pereira	5:19.20
100 Yard Butterfly
1	Fabiana Pesce	1:00.07
200 Yard Individual Medley
4	Fatima Portillo	2:20.38
5	Gabby Hyson	2:21.93
7	Kaeleigh Cupples	2:23.41
Exh.	Benedetta Pepe Pugliese	2:26.71
Exh.	Sara Woodruff	2:28.90
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Fabiana Pesce, Sofia Pereira, Naekeisha Louis, Britta Schwengle	3:41.10