BUFFALO, N.Y. – Junior Jessica Simunek broke her own school record in the 100-fly and went on qualify first in the 100-breast as the Explorers completed Friday morning preliminaries at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships.
 
In the 100-fly, Simunek's first event of the day, she swam a 55.93, shaving nearly a second off of her school record of 56.77 set at the 2011 A-10 Champs.  She qualified third in the event for tonight's finals.
 
Also swimming in the 100-fly this evening is sophomore Lianne McClusky, who dropped a second and a half off her best 100-fly time and just missed qualifying for the finals this evening. She will swim in the consolation finals.
 
The Explorers will be well represented in the 100-breast this evening.  Simunek posted a 1:03.72, the fastest time on the day.  Junior Elizabeth Jordan was right behind here at 1:04.05, while senior Marci Wixted will also swim in the finals after a 1:06.61 preliminary.  Junior Olivia Armater qualified ninth at 1:06.68, to make the B final cut.
 
Freshmen Colleen Larkin (4:33.58) and Lisa Woodman (4:35.66) both qualified to swim in the 400 IM consolation final tonight.
 
A pair of freshmen will also represent La Salle in the 100-back consolation finals.  Amina Wilson clocked in at 57.87 in the preliminaries, while Chelsey Curran touched at 58.09.
 
Tonight's action will begin at 6:30 p.m.  Check twitter @GoExplorers_com or @LaSalleUSwim for updates. Live results and video can be found at the A-10's Championship site.