Results 

JAMAICA, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's and women's swimming combined to register team-best times in 12 events during their home opener Wednesday evening against the Queens College Knights (3-4) and SUNY Old Westbury Panthers (M:2-8 / W:1-15) inside York College Natatorium. The Cardinals fell 82-77 to Old Westbury in men's competition and 73-72 to Queens and 80-76 to Old Westbury on the women's side.  

Alex Winter had his hand in three of York's six victories on the day to lead the Cardinal men.  Winter touched the wall first in the 50-meter freestyle (25.92) and 100-meter breaststroke (1:13.51) to register York's season-best times.  He then combined with Jaquan Eleazard, Arafath Hussain and Ti'Juan Boothe to capture York's top time of 2:13.94 to capture the the 200-meter medley relay win.  Boothe and Eleazard both set York's top times with winning performances in the 200-meter IM (3:10.60) and 100-meter backstroke (1:32.47) races, respectively.  Rounding out York's first-place finishes on the men's side was Anthony Nazario, Jr., who was victorious in the 800-meter freestyle (16:20.52). Christopher Mendez placed second in the 200-meter freestyle to lock up York's season-best time in 3:16.31.  

Che'Rel Haywood paced the Cardinal women with York's season-best time of 1:27.13 to win the 100-meter breaststroke.  She also registered the team's top time in the 50-meter freestyle to place second in 30.20. York earned first-place points in the 100-meter backstroke with Nayelly Rojas' team-best time of 2:23.40.  

Mauricia Blake, Shanice Welcome, Haywood and Kaithlyn Taylor combined to set York's top time in the 200-meter medley relay (2:34.34) before Taylor added to the list of top finishes in the 400-meter freestyle (8:35.54).

The Cardinals (M:0-4 / W: 0-5) return to the pool on January 7 when they travel to Danbury, Connecticut to take on the Western Connecticut State University Colonials (M: 1-4 / W:4-2) at 4 p.m. inside William A. O'Neill Athletic & Convocation Center.

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