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EWING, N.J. – Senior Allison Cardow broke her own school record in the 200-yard butterfly, and junior Briana Hall took first place in three events as East Stroudsburg University closed out the fall portion of its schedule at the TCNJ Invitational this weekend.

Senior Shirley Samson and freshmen Bri Bieber, Julia Harnish and Taylor Howery also posted their first PSAC-qualifying times of the season for the Warriors, who registered 18 individual top five performances at the three-day meet. Eight swimmers overall combined for 11 new PSAC marks.

Cardow matched her previous school record of 2:11.66 during the preliminary round of her event, and she lowered that time down to 2:11.30 in Sunday night's final while beating out the rest of the field by over six seconds. That was one of four standout individual efforts for the Swarthmore, Pa., native, as she was third in the 100 fly (58.96, No. 3 all-time at ESU) and the 200 individual medley (2:11.63, No. 5 all-time) while adding a new PSAC time in the 200 backstroke (2:12.91).

Hall, meanwhile, continued her stellar debut season at ESU, touching the line first in the 50 freestyle, the 100 free and the 100 fly. Her times in the 50 free (24.42) and 100 fly (58.66) were each the second-quickest all-time in program history, while her mark in the 100 free (53.43) was fourth all-time.

Hall was one of four Warriors to post new season bests in the 50 free. Senior Annie Fagan (24.48) was 0.06 behind Hall in second place, senior Colleen Dwyer registered a new PSAC qualifying mark of 25.37 in ninth place and sophomore Olivia Lukshides (25.47) lowered her PSAC time in 11th.

Three ESU swimmers placed in the top five in the 100 free, with Lukshides (third, 54.02) and Fagan (fourth, 54.04) less than a second behind Hall.

Lukshides added a new PSAC time in the 500 free, as her fourth-place effort of 5:21.59 was 13 seconds off her previous PR, and she finished as the runner-up in the 200 free (1:57.34).

Among the new PSAC qualifiers, Bieber stood out with new marks in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 back. She registered a preliminary round time of 2:14.48 in the 200 IM which is No. 10 all-time at ESU. Bieber was then fourth in the 400 IM (4:48.24, No. 5 all-time) and sixth in the 200 back (2:14.93, No. 8 all-time).

Harnish booked her spot at the conference meet in the breaststroke events, as she was 10th in the 100 (1:11.19) and 11th in the 200 (preliminary round time of 2:37.76).

Howery qualified in the 100 back (1:02.15) and Samson will return to the PSAC meet in the 100 breast (1:11.06). Fagan added the final new PSAC time in the 100 fly (59.54).

Senior Kate Zimmerman continued her strong fall with new season bests in each of her four individual events. She was the runner-up in the 200 IM (2:11.29) and 100 breast (1:07.39) and she placed third in the 400 IM (4:46.33) and 200 breast (2:29.92). Zimmerman's mark in the 200 IM was also a personal best, and it ranks her No. 4 all-time at ESU.

The Warriors were also third or higher with new season-best times in all five contested relay events, including first-place showings in the 200 free relay (Hall, C. Dwyer, Lukshides, Fagan – 1:39.35) and 200 medley relay (C. Dwyer, Zimmerman, Hall Fagan – 1:50.25). ESU was second in both the 400 medley (C. Dwyer, Zimmerman, Cardow, Fagan – 4:00.65) and 400 free (Lukshides, C. Dwyer, Fagan, Hall – 3:38.38) and third in the 800 free (Cardow, C. Dwyer, Fagan, Lukshides – 8:10.89).

ESU now has a few weeks off before returning to competition during its Winter Break trip to Florida in early January. After that, the Warriors will have three additional competitions before the PSAC Championships in mid-February.