Caitlin Marshall and Kaley McIntyre set team records in just two of many strong performances from the New York University sixth-ranked men's and eighth-ranked women's swimming teams on Day 1 of the Bruno Invitational in Providence, RI, on Friday.

In its first meet of the season with preliminary and final sessions each day, NYU competed against host Brown University and the University of New Hampshire, both NCAA Division I teams. After Day 1, the men are in second with 324 points behind Brown's 403. The women trail first-place Brown 225 to 404. 

Marshall swam a Division III qualification cut in the 500 freestyle with a third-place finish. Clocking 4:53.55, she blasted past her previous personal best and the NYU record of 4:55.09 set by Rachel Reistroffer in the 2018-19 season to stamp her name in the school record books.

McIntyre powered to third in the 50 freestyle, recording 23.27 to also achieve an NCAA qualification and shave off hundredths from Elise Gibb's seven-year-old school record of 23.32. Her performance improved her career best by 0.82 seconds.

"Caitlin and Kaley are killing it," head coach Trevor Miele said. "It's really impressive to break team records at a mid-season meet."

In the 200 individual medley, Candice Saxod finished fifth with a time of 2:04.98, adding to the Violets' growing collection of Nationals-bound swimmers.

In the women's 400 medley relay, Jessica Flynn led off the 100 backstroke in 55.54, sending her back to Nationals to defend her 2022 title in the same event. She will be joined by the rest of her relay team as they clinched a spot with 3:45.04 in second place. 

The 200 medley relay team also qualified, finishing second in 1:34.33.

On the men's side, Ajay Watanakun bested the field in the 50 freestyle, swimming 20.58 after reaching a personal best of 20.41 in the prelims.

Thomas Pritchard (third, 4:25.36) and Connor Vincent (fifth, 4:25.80) made Q cuts in the 500 freestyle, Vincent dropping three seconds off his previous best.

Jaeden-Hans Yburan added to the tally of qualifications and personal bests in the 200 individual medley, claiming fourth in 1:48.76.

"Overall, I was very happy with our performance today," Miele said. "I thought we had some really strong mid-season swims, many of which will get them to NCAA Championships. It's our first prelims/finals meet of the season, so I think they will swim even faster as the meet goes on and they adjust to the format. I'm excited for tomorrow."

The swimmers will return to the pool at 10 a.m. for Saturday's prelims. Qualifiers will compete in the finals at 5 p.m.