PISCATAWAY, N.Y. – The Sarah Lawrence men's swimming team broke three school records on Friday at the three-day Metropolitan Championships at Rutgers Aquatic Center.
LEE BREAKS OWN 50 FREE STANDARD
Anthony Lee broke his own school record in the 50-yard freestyle. After qualifying for the finals of the event, the senior posted a time of 21.66 in the race, surpassing his previous best of 21.85.
GRYPHON BREAK RELAY RECORDS
A team of
Miles Washington,
Chaz Stafford,
Mani Roshandel and Lee qualified for the finals of the 200-yard freestyle relay, touching the wall in 1:30.10, breaking the previous school record of 1:32.21 set by Lee,
Cameron Martinez, Dawa Lama and
Jack Langland in 2016.
In the finals, the squad went on to reset the standard, touching the wall in 1:29.52 for an eighth-place finish. Lee anchored the relay, finishing with a split of 20.95, the first sub-21 split in team history.
In the 400-yard medley relay, the same group advanced to the finals with a mark of 3:44.34, surpassing the previous team record of 3:44.73. The quartet improved their time by nearly three seconds, finishing second in the 'B' final with a time of 3:41.43.
NOTABLE GRYPHON PERFORMANCES
Stafford, the Skyline champion in the 500 free, qualified for the finals in the event with a prelim time of 4:47.67. The rookie finished 14th in the final with a time of 4:46.84.
Despite not qualifying for the finals, Roshandel posted a personal-record in the 200 IM, finishing in 2:03.56, a two-second improvement. In addition, Washington (22.26),
Shaurya Chawla (31.52) and
Sebastian Pizarro (32.04) each posted personal-best performances in the 50 free.
UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence returns to the pool on Saturday. Prelims are scheduled for 9:30 a.m., followed by the finals at 5:30 p.m.