Meet Results | Archived Video
BRONXVILLE, N.Y.—In the team's first dual meets of the season, Sarah Lawrence College women's swimming came away with a pair of wins after defeating Skyline rival College of Mount Saint Vincent, 134-44, and non-conference opponent SUNY Cobleskill, 126-59, at Campbell Sports Center on Saturday.
IN SHORTSarah Lawrence (2-0, 1-0 Skyline) def. Mount Saint Vincent (0-3-1, 0-3 Skyline), 134-44.
Sarah Lawrence def. Cobleskill (2-1-1), 126-59.
Mount Saint Vincent tied Cobleskill, 77-77.
PEAL BREAKS TWO RECORDSRookie
Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) put her name on the record board for the first time in her career, breaking a pair of team records in Saturday's meet. The first-year Gryphon set a new team best with her winning swim in the 400 yard individual medley (5:11.13), and she went on to win the 500 freestyle in a record time of 5:42.20.
LAWSON EARNS SOLO WINSSophomore
Hannah Lawson (Portland, Ore./Pacific Crest Community School) won two individual races in the meet. She swam a career best 2:08.24 to touch the wall first in the 200 yard freestyle. Later, Lawson won the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.92. Lawson and Peal also earned a third win on the day, as the two teamed with
Gabby Risica (Narragansett, R.I./Narragansett) and
Jacqueline Quirk (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) to win the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, in 4:07.23.
AMBERCHAN TAKES TWOSenior
Sam Amberchan (Alameda, Calif./Menlo-Atherton) was the third Gryphon to win a pair of events in the meet. She took first place in the 200 yard butterfly with a career-best swim of 2:41.77. She also touched the wall first in the 200 yard backstroke, posting a time of 2:35.93. Amberchan also contributed to the Gryphons' third-place swim in the 400 medley relay, alongside
Elizabeth Kroll (Sacramento, Calif./The Met Sacramento),
Rachel Barkowitz (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) and
Sarah Schnapp (Taiwan/Tzu Chi).
GRYPHONS' WINNING WAYSSarah Lawrence swimmers won each of the last nine events of the 11-race program. Risica won the 50 yard freestyle in a season-best time of 27.20, and added a third-place swim in the 100 freestyle (1:01.56). Quirk was the victor in the 100 free, breaking the minute mark for the first time in her career with a time of 59.88; she was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke (2:52.11) behind Lawson.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCESKroll was runner-up in the 200 backstroke and third in the 50 free. Barkowitz collected a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 200 breaststroke. Distance swimmer
Kiki Michaan (New York, N.Y./Saint Ann's School) collected second place in the 1650 freestyle and third in the 500 free.
Lydia Mullan (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) placed among the top five in all three of her individual events, highlighted by a runner-up swim in the 500 freestyle. Schnapp also did well in her solo races, including a fourth-place in the 400 individual medley.
UP NEXTSarah Lawrence hosts Skyline opponent Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Campbell Sports Center. The first race is scheduled to begin at 1:30Â p.m.
