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Lawson, Peal, Martinez and Lee

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Swimmers Sweep Skyline Awards

NEW YORK—Four Sarah Lawrence College student-athletes swept the Skyline Conference's four weekly swimming awards, as announced by the league on Monday. For the third time this season, sophomore Hannah Lawson (Portland, Ore./Pacific Crest Community School) was named Skyline Women's Swimmer of the Week, while Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) was named Rookie of the Week for the second time. Senior Cameron Martinez (Aledo, Texas/Aledo) collected his fourth Men's Swimmer of the Week accolades, and Anthony Lee (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) earned Rookie of the Week honors for the second time.

WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Hannah Lawson (Portland, Ore./Pacific Crest Community School)
Lawson won two events, broke two individual SLC records and contributed to a team-record-breaking relay, helping the Gryphons to a runner-up finish at the 2015 Drew University Ranger Invitational. She won both breaststroke events, taking first place in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:09.74) and in the 200 breaststroke (2:30.92). Her latter time broke her own SLC record by 0.78 second. She also placed second in the 200 freestyle with a career-best 2:01.93. Lawson broke the team's 200 IM record in an exhibition swim of 2:18.33, and along with Peal, contributed to an SLC-record 8:39.07 in the 800 freestyle relay.

MEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Cameron Martinez (Aledo, Texas/Aledo)
Martinez broke three SLC records, posted three NCAA qualifying times and had three top-two finishes at the TCNJ Invitational last weekend. He opened the weekend with a win in the 200 yard individual medley (1:52.42) and broke his own team record in the event during the preliminaries (1:52.18). On Saturday, he was runner-up in the 100 butterfly (49.44), and he broke the SLC 100 breaststroke record (1:00.21), placing ninth. Sunday saw Martinez shatter his 100 butterfly record in a time trial (48.24), and her returned in the evening to take second place in the 200 butterfly (1:49.01). His times in the 200 IM, 100 fly and 200 fly all surpassed the NCAA Division III 'B' Cut qualifying mark, and his butterfly performances were both better than last season's championship invitation time.

WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield)
Peal won two events, broke three individual SLC records and contributed to a team-record-breaking relay, helping the Gryphons to a runner-up finish at the 2015 Drew University Ranger Invitational. She won both distance events, taking first place in the 500 yard freestyle (5:37.32) and in the 1650 freestyle (19:44.50). Both swims were SLC team records. Peal also placed second in the 400 individual medley with an SLC record of 5:07.72, and along with Lawson, she contributed to an SLC-record 8:39.07 in the 800 freestyle relay.

MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Anthony Lee (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island)
Lee was the Gryphons' top scorer as he led his team to fourth place at the 2015 Drew University Ranger Invitational. He took second place in the 100 butterfly (56.47), and placed third in the 100 freestyle (50.02). Lee also took fifth in the 50 freestyle (23:13), and contributed to four relays that finished fourth place or better. All four of his individual swims were career-best times.

SLC swimming returns to action Saturday at Purchase College.

Click here to see all 2015-16 award winners

Players Mentioned

Hannah Lawson

Hannah Lawson

Free / Breast
5' 11"
Sophomore
Devon Peal

Devon Peal

Dist Free / Back
5' 7"
First-year
Cameron Martinez

Cameron Martinez

Fly / IM
6' 1"
Senior
Anthony Lee

Anthony Lee

Sprint Free / Fly
5' 10"
First-year

Players Mentioned

Hannah Lawson

Hannah Lawson

5' 11"
Sophomore
Free / Breast
Devon Peal

Devon Peal

5' 7"
First-year
Dist Free / Back
Cameron Martinez

Cameron Martinez

6' 1"
Senior
Fly / IM
Anthony Lee

Anthony Lee

5' 10"
First-year
Sprint Free / Fly