The circumstances were rare, but for McDowell swimmer Kelsey Ferrante it still was an effort well done.

Ferrante broke a 10-year-old team record during the Trojans' 117-69 victory at Warren on Feb. 1. The junior was timed at 1 minute, .39 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle. That's right, meters. Warren's pool is among the few not measured in yards.

Adding to Ferrante's unique feat was that her record was set as the opening leg for McDowell's 400 freestyle relay team. Individual marks are sanctioned if a swimmer is the first of the four.

"It really was a spur-of-the-moment thing," Ferrante said of her record, which erased Kristin Swoyer's previous standard of 1:01.31. "We only swim in meters (at Warren) once a year, so the times always look different."

McDowell won that 400 free relay in 4:16.02, the last of Ferrante's four wins against Warren. She also was a quadruple winner for the Trojans when they improved to 12-0 with Thursday's 127-58 final over Meadville.