Saint Francis Swimming Announces 2017-2018 Captains

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Saint Francis Swimming has named three captains for the 2017-18 season. The trio will build off a fourth-place finish at the Northeast Conference Championships and an 11-8 dual meet record from last season. This was the most wins ever recorded by the program.

The Red Flash won the NEC Championship Title in 1997, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

O’Dell, Lafferty, Marks Named 2017-2018 Captains

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Swimming team, led by Head Coach Rory Coleman, has announced its team captains for the 2017-18 season.  The Red Flash captains include seniors Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen), Kasey Marks (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) and junior Rory O’Dell (Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood).

Lafferty enters her second year as a team captain.  The Indiana native earned three Top Four finishes at last year’s NEC Championships.  She finished third in the 50-yard Freestyle, with a time of 23.37.  That ranks as the second-best time in that event in program history.  Lafferty was also fourth in the 100-yard and 200-yard Freestyle.  She posted a time of 51.15 in the 100-yard Freestyle and a pace of 1:51.09 in the 200-yard Freestyle.

Marks competes in many long distance events for the Red Flash.  She finished 14th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle at the NEC Championships, with a time of 18:07.56.  She was also 16th in the 400-yard IM, with a time of 4:45.03.

O’Dell recently won the program’s Teammate of the Year award.  She placed 10th in the 400-yard IM at the 2017 NEC Championships, with a time of 4:37.40.  O’Dell has the fifth-best 200-yard Butterfly time in program history, 2:08.09, and the program’s eighth-best time in the 200-yard Backstroke, 2:07.45.

The Red Flash went 11-8 last season, setting a program wins record.  Saint Francis won all three of its home meets and was 1-1 in NEC meets. SFU finished fourth at the NEC Championships.

Press release courtesy of Saint Francis Athletics.

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