Falcons Sit in Fourth at Phil Hansel Invitational, Furman Resets 100 Breast Record

HOUSTON, Texas - Air Force women's swimming and diving closed the second day of the Phil Hansel Invitational with a score of 557 to shift into fourth place out of 11 teams, while Houston still leads, on Thursday November 20 at CRWC Natatorium. Naomi Furman highlighted the day with a pair of record-breaking swims in 100 breast.

For the record she already owned, Furman swam a 1:01.32 in the preliminary round of the 100 breast and went on to reset it for the third time with her finals swim of 1:01.07, to place third overall.

For second place in the 800 free relay, Lily Larson, Sadie Hartig, Brynn Bond, and Ryan Mills teamed up and swam a 7:21.20.

Larson secured a fifth place finish in the 200 free after clocking a time of 1:47.86, the second fastest time in Falcon history. Hartig (1:49.09) and Bond (1:49.30) also made their way on the top ten all-time list with their swims.

The 200 medley relay team of Kai-Min Tsuei, Furman, Amber Martin, and Mills placed sixth at 1:40.71.

On the 3-meter springboard, Chloe Perkins scored a 278.95 for tenth place. Arianna Caldwell (248.60) and Lulu Semakula (248.00) finished behind in 12^th and 13^th, respectively.

In the 100 fly, Martin placed highest for Air Force in 12^th with a time of 55.21, while Mills followed in 14^th at 55.35.

With her time of 55.19, Tsuei locked in the fastest Air Force finish in the 100 back to place 13^th, while teammate Addy Forbes (55.85) was behind in 16^th.

Elizabeth Sistrunk was the highest placed Falcon in the 400 IM with the sixth fastest Academy time of 4:22.86. For the 10^th all-time Air Force spot, Grace Nickell swam a 4:24.72.

Invitational action will resume on Friday November 21 at 10 a.m. CT (Prelims) and 5 p.m. CT (Finals).

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