Falcone Breaks 500 Free Record on Day One of Terrapin Invite

Five Top 10 times Highlight Tribe’s Day

11/18/05 10:43AM

COLLEGE PARK, MD - After a solid first day at the Terrapin Cup Invitational, William and Mary sits seventh in the women’s standings with 99 points and sixth on the men’s side, with 95 points. Connecticut leads the women’s field of nine teams, while North Carolina State holds a massive lead over the men’s standings.

Five school top 10 times set by freshmen highlighted the College’s performance on Thursday, and none more so than Marina Falcone’s (Potomac, MD) school record in the 500 freestyle finals. After a slow preliminary race to qualify into the “B” finals, Falcone became the first Tribe female to break 5 minutes, swimming 4:58.24 to claim second in her section and 10th overall. Also in the finals, Whitney Pezza (Warrenton, VA) swam 2:10.95 in the 200 IM for 19th and move out of a tie for eighth place all-time and hold the position on her own.

In the morning sessions, Megan Sculley (Sinking Spring, PA) swam 24.40 in the 50 free, seventh all-time, and advanced to the “A” finals, where she would place eighth. Jason Brisson (Richmond,V A) had the best day standings-wise, posting the top time in the preliminary heats of the 200 IM of 1:53.33, fourth all-time, and would go on to finish fifth in the finals.

Shane Kelsey (Baltimore, MD) swam 4:40.21 in the 500 free prelims for tenth place in the Tribe records and a berth in the “A” finals, where he would finish eighth. In the women’s 400 medley relay, the team of Meredith David (Somerdale, NJ), Kelly Reitz (Chesapeake, VA), Pezza, and Marnie Rognlien (Nokesville, VA) swam 3:55.90 to take fourth.