Robey, the two-time reigning Empire 8 Swimmer of the Year, opened the season by winning the 50-meter freestyle by breaking her own pool record with a time of 26.42 seconds versus Rochester Friday evening. She added wins in the 200-freestyle (2:13.05), 100-freestyle (59.56) and also swam a leg of the winning 200-meter freestyle relay (1:52.02). Her 26.54 second split was the fastest leg of any in the race by more than a second.