WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Records fell seemingly by the event when the Ursinus College women's swimming team took part in the two-day Golden Ram Classic at West Chester University this weekend. When the dust – or water – settled, the Bears had emerged victorious against the host Golden Rams and Albright and broken three Centennial Conference benchmarks – and a host of school ones – in the process. Ursinus led the pack with 885 points, with West Chester recording 734 and Albright 207.

The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Peyten Lyons (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra), sophomore Olivia Tierney (Broomall, Pa./Villa Maria), freshman Clara Baker (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Arlington), and senior Corinne Capodanno (Claymont, Del./Padua Academy) kicked off the meet with a bang, establishing a new conference record with a time of 1:47.67, a full 1.34 seconds ahead of West Chester's runner-up contingent.

Sophomore Margaret Leitz (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) made history in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in a school-record 57.09. One heat later, Baker etched her name into program lore, setting a new standard with a national B-cut clocking of 55.86. Sophomore Katherine Porter (Sayre, Pa./Sayre) finished fourth in 58.08.

One event later, Lyons accomplished another historic feat, touching the wall in 56.60 in the 100-yard backstroke to break a conference mark that had stood since 2004.

Capodanno followed with a victory in the 500-yard freestyle, marking a new team record with a time of 5:04.81.

Gunderson placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle, and freshman Samantha Kegel (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) was third in the 400-yard IM, with junior Katie Pielmeier (Palmerton, Pa./Palmerton) taking fourth and Tierney touching in fifth.

Baker teamed with sophomore Sydney Gundersen (Reading, Pa./Exeter), senior Micaela Lyons (Plainfield, N.J./Wardlaw-Hartridge School), and junior Alexandra Hemp (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppague) to win the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:38.21). Tierney, Pielmeier, and freshman Caroline Powell (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) finished 3-4-5 in the 100-yard breaststroke before Capodanno, Gundersen, Leitz, and Peyten Lyons took second in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:41.66) to close the day's proceedings and go into Saturday with 442 points to West Chester's 365 and Albright's 118.

Ursinus made more history on the first event Saturday, as Peyten Lyons, Tierney, Baker, and Capodanno recorded a Centennial Conference-record time of 3:53.20 in the 400-yard medley relay. Peyten Lyons followed with a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM (2:10.41), and Micaela Lyons wound up third in the 50-yard freestyle, followed closely by Capodanno and Hemp.

Leitz proceeded to notch a program record in the 200-yard butterfly, with her time of 2:06.49 also qualifying as a national B-cut. Baker touched in 2:07.44, also a B-cut and under the previous team mark, and Porter was fourth.

Gundersen registered a runner-up showing in the 100-yard freestyle (53.66), where Micaela Lyons finished fourth, before Leitz placed third in the 200-yard backstroke, just in front of Kegel in fourth. Tierney was second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.71), and the Bears capped the Classic with a victory from the 400-yard freestyle relay quarter of Capodanno, Gunderson, Baker, and Peyten Lyons.

Ursinus is off for more than a month before returning to its home pool to host Cabrini in a non-conference dual meet on Friday, January 15.