Complete Results

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Feb. 19, 2016) - On Friday, the LIU Post women's swimming team won four of five events and clocked 11 NCAA qualifying times, as it opened up competition at the 2016 Metropolitan Conference Championships at the Rutgers University Aquatic Center.

The Pioneers wasted no time making an impression, breaking a school record in the first event of the evening. The group of seniors Joyce Kwok (Middle Village, N.Y.), Seren Jones (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) and Meghan Brazier (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and sophomore Laura Bendfeldt (Grosshansdorf, Germany) bested their opposition by more than two seconds, touching the pad at a winning and automatic qualifying time of 1:32.03 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Kwok later contributed a first-place effort and an NCAA "B" cut in the 200 IM (2:04.36), while freshman Karis Fuller (London, England) came in third in the same event at 2:09.59.

In the 50-free, four different swimmers tallied provisional marks for the green and gold. Brazier, who earlier shattered the school record in the preliminaries (23.42), led the way with a first-place 23.02.

Bendfeldt followed in fifth, racing to a 23.67 clocking. Jones and freshman Caitlin Johnstone (Ashburton, New Zealand) individually placed sixth and seventh with lifetime-bests 23.80 and 24.00.

Freshman Eline Swensen (Langhus, Norway) notched a third-place showing (5:08.32) in the 500-yard freestyle. Senior Kat Kazaba (Point Pleasant Beach, N.Y.) was ninth (5:20.55) in the prelims.

Much like it started, LIU Post swam to a first-place finish in the final event of the night. Jones, Johnstone, Kwok and Brazier recorded an NCAA provisional time of 3:43.15 in the 400-yard medley relay.

Head Coach Michael Travers and the Pioneers are right back at it on Saturday (Feb. 20) for Day Two of the Metropolitan Championships at the Rutgers Aquatic Center.