BROOKLYN --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's and women's swimming competed Saturday in a tri-meet hosted by Brooklyn College in their final tune-up ahead of next week's 2020 CUNYAC Swimming Championships hosted by Lehman College.  The Cardinal men closed out the regular season with their first win since the 2017-18 season, topping the Bard College Raptors with a 56-32 decision, and fell to the host Bulldogs, 84-10, inside West Quad Pool.  York dropped a 71-17 women's decision to Brooklyn and 73-18 to Bard.

The Cardinals were paced Alex Winter, who finished with York's top men's finish of the day in second place with the team's top time of 1:04.65 in the 100-yard breaststroke race.  York scored a pair of third-place showing in the relay events with Christopher Mendez, Winter, Jeremy Sapeg and Anthony Jordan combining to finish the 200-yard medley relay in 2:23.46.  Winter then swam the fourth leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay with Jordan, Jamaar Watson and Ti-Juan Boothe to finish .56 ahead of Bard to secure the win over the Raptors.  The Cardinals also set a top time in the 100-yard backstroke race as Jaquan Eleazard clocked in at 1:17.15 to place fourth.  York registered third-place finishes by Boothe (500-yard freestyle, 1:05.43), Sapeg (100-yard freestyle, 31.80) and Watson (100-yard backstroke, 8:25.34) in their respective events. 

On the women's side, Che'Rel Haywood set York's top time in the 100-yard butterfly event with a first-place time of 1:06.85.  Haywood captured a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke race in 1:17.28, and also combined with Mauricia Blake, Kaithlyn Taylor and Anita Okoye in the 200-yard medley relay to place third in 2:35.13.  York set a season-best time in the 200-yard freestyle event with a third-place finish in a time of 2:27.66 by Blake, Okoye, Mary Cuevas and Taylor.

The Cardinals return to action on Friday (Jan. 31) for day one of the 2020 CUNYAC Championships (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) hosted by Lehman College inside APEX Pool starting at 4:30 p.m.

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