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Day 4 Finals (includes preliminaries)

ITHACA, N.Y.—Four more team records were broken on the final day, and Sarah Lawrence College women's swimming broke a total of eight team records at the 2016 Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association Championships, hosted by Ithaca College, Wednesday through Saturday.

IN SHORT
SLC finished the meet in 13th place with 206 points. The host Bombers regained first place and won the team title with 1,227 points.

LAWSON PLACES FIFTH IN BREASTSTROKE
After placing 15th in the 200 yard breaststroke in 2015, sophomore Hannah Lawson (Portland, Ore./Pacific Crest Community School) ascended 10 spots to finish fifth in Saturday's final. Lawson broke her own SLC record in the event in Saturday's preliminaries, posting a time of 2:26.21 to qualify for the championship race in fourth position. Though Lawson bettered her time by nearly a second in the evening, she fell 0.03 second short of maintaining her position and slipped to fifth in a new SLC record time of 2:25.29.

PEAL BREAKS DISTANCE RECORDS
In her final individual race of the season, rookie Devon Peal (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) bettered both of her own SLC distance records. Racing to 1650 yards, the first-year Gryphon bettered her own time in the 1000 yard freestyle, splitting a time of 11:32.08 after 20 laps. Peal went on to stop the clock at 19:11.46, nearly 30 seconds faster than her previous best. Peal captured 22nd place in the event, adding three points to the Gryphons' team score.

400 FREE RELAY
Four days of racing culminated in a record-breaking swim in the final event of the meet. The Green and White 400 yard freestyle relay tied for fifth place in the B Final, finishing deadlocked for 13th overall. Lawson, junior Gabby Risica (Narragansett, R.I./Narragansett), sophomore Elizabeth Kroll (Sacramento, Calif./The Met Sacramento) and Peal combined for a time of 3:53.27, posting the team's final new record of the 2015-16 season.

NOTABLE MARKS
Sophomore Rachel Barkowitz (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) swam a career best of 2:57.87 in the 200 yard breaststroke. Rookie Kiki Michaan (New York, N.Y./Saint Ann's School) also had a career best, clocking in at 1:14.57 in the 100 yard freestyle. Risica had a season best of 59.00 in the 100 free.

SEASON RECAP
Sarah Lawrence women's swimming concluded its eighth-straight winning season with a 7-2 record, including a 5-2 ledger against Skyline opponents. The team broke nine program records and placed third at the 2016 Skyline Championships. Four Gryphons were named to the All-Skyline teams, and the team captured five Skyline Swimmer of the Week and three Rookie of the Week accolades. SLC was also named a CSCAA All-Academic Team.

MEET SUMMARY
 

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place	Points
500 Freestyle	Peal	5:31.74	-	-	SLC Record
1000 Freestyle	Peal	11:32.08	-	-	1650 Split, SLC Record
1650 Freestyle	Peal	19:11.46	22nd	3	SLC Record
100 Backstroke	Peal	1:01.60	13th	14
100 Breaststroke	Lawson	1:06.29	3rd	27	SLC Record
200 Breaststroke	Lawson	2:25.29	5th	25	SLC Record
200 Individual Medley	Lawson	2:14.85	19th	6	SLC Record
200 Medley Relay	Peal , Lawson , Amberchan , Risica	1:58.37	14th	26
400 Medley Relay	Peal , Lawson , Amberchan , Risica	4:18.47	15th	24
200 Freestyle Relay	Schnapp , Amberchan , Barkowitz , Michaan	2:02.39	15th	24
400 Freestyle Relay	Lawson , Risica , Kroll , Peal	3:53.27	t-13th	27	SLC Record
800 Freestyle Relay	Lawson , Peal , Kroll , Risica	8:29.63	12th	30	SLC Record
		TOTAL	13th	206