COLUMBUS, Ga. (February 12, 2024) – The Sun Conference Championship Meet was records galore for the St. Thomas University (STU) Women's Swim team who had a record setting meet. The Bobcats finished in second place overall moving up one spot from last year's finished and living up to their no. 2 national ranking.
 
The Bobcats increased their total conference champion events from two to four with Stella Warborn stealing the show taking three of them. STU had 28 all-conference honors over 13 events with four gold, six silver, and three bronze.
 
Warborn broke records in her three individual events highlighted by a new NAIA record in the 100 Breaststroke. The 100 breast and 200 breast were also Sun Conference records dropping two and four seconds, respectively from the previous record holder. Warborn's score of 60, tied for the most at the meet which led her to winning the program's first SUN Swimmer of the Year honor.
 
Check out the highlights by the numbers below:
 
Records (12 STU, 3 SUN, 1 NAIA)

• 50 Free – Ana Sales (23.40, STU/SUN Record)
• 50 Back – Alessia Claassen (22.33 STU Record)
• 100 Free – Regan Garcia (51.82, STU Record)
• 200 Free – Regan Garcia (1:52.83, STU Record)
• 100 Breast – Stella Warborn (1:01.47, STU/SUN/NAIA Record)
• 200 Breast – Stella Warborn (2:14.03, STU/SUN Record)
• 200 IM – Stella Warborn (2:06.68, STU Record)
• 400 IM – Alessia Claassen (4:34.99, STU Record)
• 1650 Free – Sophie Urias (17:47.86 STU Record)
• 200 Free Relay – Sales, Peot, Abrahamsen, Garcia (1:34.87, STU Record)
• 400 Free Relay – Sales, Hernandez, Abrahamsen, Garcia (3:29.06, STU Record)

 
Conference Champions (4)

• 100 Breast – Stella Warborn
• 200 Breast – Stella Warborn
• 200 IM – Stella Warborn
• 50 Free – Ana Sales

 
All-Conference (28)

• 50 Free – Ana Sales (1^st Place)
• 50 Free – Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)
• 200 Free – Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)
• 200 Free – Martine Abrahamsen (3^rd Place)
• 100 Breast – Stella Warborn (1^st Place)
• 200 Breast – Stella Warborn (1^st Place)
• 200 IM – Stella Warborn (1^st Place)
• 400 IM – Alessia Claassen (3^rd Place)
• 200 Free Relay – Ana Sales, Ellasen Peot, Martine Abrahamsen, Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)
• 400 Free Relay – Ana Sales, Brianna Hernandez, Martine Abrahamsen, Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)
• 800 Free Relay – Martine Abrahamsen, Bea Moron Alonso, Sophie Urias, Rylee Woelk (3^rd Place)
• 200 Medley Relay – Alessia Claassen, Stella Warborn, Anaya Robinson, Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)
• 400 Medley Relay – Alessia Claassen, Stella Warborn, Bea Moron Alonso, Regan Garcia (2^nd Place)

Up Next 
The Bobcats will await the official announcement of the qualifiers for the NAIA National Tournament happening back in Columbus from March 6-9, 2024.