Red Flash Prepared To Race At Mid-Season Liberty Invite

Women’s Swimming | 11/20/2025 10:00:00 AM

November 21 – November 23 | Liberty Invitational | Lynchburg, VA | Liberty University Natatorium | Prelims @ 10:00 a.m. Finals @ 6:00 p.m. 



THIS WEEKEND’S MEET:

Saint Francis heads to Lynchburg, VA., for the Liberty Invitational, held November 21–23. All three days will function morning prelims, adopted by qualifying finalists at night time. The Red Flash will compete towards Liberty, Ohio, Campbell, California (Pa.), and UNC Pembroke, with reside outcomes accessible on Meet Mobile.

THE LINEUP IN LYNCHBURG:

This yr’s Liberty Invite contains a aggressive six-team subject. 

Host Liberty enters the weekend with a number of robust early-season outcomes, together with dual-meet victories over ECU, Tulane, Campbell, and FIU, whereas sophomore standout Fabiana Bozzuto just lately earned American Conference Swimming Athlete of the Week. 

Ohio University brings momentum after convention wins over Buffalo, Marshall, and Ball State, highlighted by MAC Swimmer of the Week honors for Lili Szoke. 

Campbell has posted season-best swims all through October and competed carefully with Liberty in a two-day twin. 

UNC Pembroke arrives following a record-setting month that included a number of NCAA B-cut swims and Conference Carolinas weekly honors for Noelie Lacour and Kennice Greene. 

California (Pa.) rounds out the sphere after incomes six occasion wins at its starting season tri-meet and persevering with to construct depth throughout dash and stroke occasions.

REWIND: LAST YEAR’S INVITE

Saint Francis earned a third-place end eventually yr’s Liberty Invite, recording a number of top-eight performances throughout the three-day meet. The Red Flash positioned a number of relays inside the highest 5 and produced robust particular person ends in the IM, butterfly, breaststroke, and mid-distance freestyle occasions. 

SFU’s depth throughout courses helped the group preserve constant scoring via prelims and finals, setting the stage for one more aggressive mid-season exhibiting this yr.

PREVIOUS ACTION: 

Saint Francis enters the Liberty Invite following a dominant 203–72 win over Lock Haven, the place the Red Flash managed the meet from begin to end. SFU opened with a press release within the 200 medley relay, as Maura Rubio, Taylor Weth, Reegan Brown, and Joey Testa mixed for a successful time of 1:52.53. Senior Morgan Moniz led the mid-distance group with victories in each the 200 freestyle (2:01.86) and 500 freestyle (5:32.14), whereas junior Reegan Brown added wins within the 100 again (1:02.50) and 100 free (56.46).

Junior Kathryn Tanis swept the breaststroke occasions with instances of 1:08.11 within the 100 and a couple of:29.77 within the 200, and senior Sara Turner continued her robust kind by successful the 200 butterfly (2:10.82) and 200 IM (2:11.88). Sophomore Katie Webster posted top-three finishes within the dash and backstroke occasions.

Saint Francis closed out the meet with a sweep of the 200 freestyle relays, highlighted by a successful 1:40.73 from Rubio, Webster, Brown, and Tanis, securing the group’s fifth consecutive victory over Lock Haven.

UP NEXT: 

Saint Francis will resume competitors in early January on the St. Petersburg Classic Relays, held through the group’s annual winter coaching journey. 

The Red Flash will journey to St. Petersburg over New Year’s Eve to start an intensive coaching block geared toward sharpening race readiness for the again half of the season. The invitational will present the group’s first racing alternative of the brand new yr and an vital step in getting ready for the upcoming NEC Championships.

GUIDING THE FLASH: HURLEY AND ROBINSON LEAD THE WAY: 

Assistant coach Carrie Robinson is in her first season with the Red Flash, working alongside head coach Phil Hurley to information this system’s continued progress in coaching and efficiency. Robinson joins SFU after a profitable two-year stint at St. Lawrence University, the place she helped produce quite a few personal-bests, convention finalists, and program information. A former collegiate swimmer and group captain at Hiram College, she brings expertise throughout a number of strokes and ranges of teaching.

Hurley enters his sixth season main Saint Francis, bringing greater than 15 years of collegiate teaching expertise and a monitor report that features NEC podium finishes, robust invitational outcomes, and constant tutorial success. 

Together, Hurley and Robinson present robust management on deck because the Red Flash proceed to construct momentum this season.