Pifarre-Planes received her first NEC Swimmer and Rookie of the Week honors after posting incredible times last week in the pool. The freshman set a pool record in the 500 free with a time of 5:06.42, six seconds ahead of the second place finisher. Pifarre-Planes also captured first in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:31.41, finishing 38 seconds ahead of the competition in a tri-meet with Howard and LIU. Both her 500 and 1000 free times are currently the fastest in the NEC.