Day 1 Preliminaries | Day 1 Finals

ITHACA, N.Y.—Senior Cameron Martinez (Aledo, Texas/Aledo) earned his fourth championship top-10 finish in the individual medley, highlighting Sarah Lawrence College men's swimming's performance on day one of the 2016 Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association Championships, hosted by Ithaca College on Wednesday. Action continues through Saturday at the Ithaca Athletics & Events Center Aquatics Pavilion.

IN SHORT
After day 1, SLC ranks 13th of 15 teams with 49 points. Stevens Institute of Technology leads the field with 383 points.

MARTINEZ PLACES FIFTH IN 200 IM
For the fourth year in a row, Martinez qualified for the finals of the 200 yard individual medley. In the preliminaries, he swam a time of 1:55.63, seeding him fourth in the evening A Final. The Gryphon returned to the pool to take fifth overall in a time of 1:54.39. At previous UNYSCSA Championships, Martinez placed 10th (2013), third ('14) and second ('15) in the event.

GRYPHON RELAY
The Gryphons picked up 24 team points with a 15th-place finish in the 200 yard medley relay. Juniors Nick Ransom (Bakersfield, Calif./Stockdale) and Jericho Walker-Roberts (Ashland, Ore./Ashland) teamed with rookies Dawa Lama (New York, N.Y./The Beacon School) and Derick Edgren (Fort Collins, Colo./Auburn (Ill.)) to post a time of 1:57.62 in the event.

CAREER BESTS
Five Gryphons posted career bests in individual races during the preliminaries.

Charles Allard (Fall River, Mass./B.M.C. Durfee)
50 yard freestyle – 28.00

Shaurya Chawla (New Delhi, India/Pathways World School)
50 yard freestyle – 32.64

Derick Edgren (Fort Collins, Colo./Auburn (Ill.))
200 yard individual medley – 2:22.48

Jack Langland (Ottumwa, Iowa/Ottumwa)
50 yard freestyle – 24.75

Anthony Lee (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island)
50 yard freestyle – 22.62

UP NEXT
Action continues at Ithaca College on Thursday. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. and finals start at 6 p.m. For more information or to follow live results, visit the meet home page.