Day 1 Recap
Day 2 Preliminaries | Day 2 Finals
ITHACA, N.Y.—Sarah Lawrence College women's swimming continued action on day two of the 2016 Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association Championships, hosted by Ithaca College on Thursday. Action continues through Saturday at the Ithaca Athletics & Events Center Aquatics Pavilion.
IN SHORTAfter day two, SLC ranks 14th of 15 teams with 80 points. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has taken over control of first place with 642.5 points.
GRYPHON RELAYSThe Sarah Lawrence relays captured 24 points each, placing 15th in both the 200 yard freestyle relay and 400 yard medley relay. In the freestyle relay, sophomore
Sarah Schnapp (Taiwan/Tzu Chi), senior
Sam Amberchan (Alameda, Calif./Menlo-Atherton), sophomore
Rachel Barkowitz (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) and first year
Kiki Michaan (New York, N.Y./Saint Ann's School) teamed to complete the event in 2:02.39, a four-second improvement on the quartet's swim in the preliminaries. The medley relay featured rookie
Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield), sophomore
Hannah Lawson (Portland, Ore./Pacific Crest Community School), Amberchan and junior
Gabby Risica (Narragansett, R.I./Narragansett), who finished in a time of 4:18.47, four seconds better than their preliminary time and a mere 0.16 second behind the SLC record in the race.
CAREER BESTSFour Gryphons posted career bests in individual races during the preliminaries and finals.
Elizabeth Kroll (Sacramento, Calif./The Met Sacramento)100 yard backstroke (relay split) – 1:08.19
Lydia Mullan (Winchester, Mass./Winchester)100 yard butterfly – 1:15.58
Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield)100 yard backstroke (relay split) – 1:02.13
Sarah Schnapp (Taiwan/Tzu Chi)50 yard freestyle (relay split) – 29.09
100 yard butterfly – 1:13.75
UP NEXTAction continues at Ithaca College on Friday. 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.
