BRONX --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's and women's swimming competed Thursday evening in a CUNYAC road matchup against the Lehman College Lightning inside APEX Swimming Pool.

"For their third swim meet, we saw massive improvements as it relates to speed! Most importantly, we saw a lot of heart and passion. We're a small, but mighty team and can't wait to see the new PRs our swimmers will set in champs!"-stated coach Paula Lamonier

The Cardinal men picked up a 27-10 non-conference victory against the Sarah Lawrence College Gryphons (0-12) while dropping a 57-27 decision to the Lightning (4-6, 1-2 CUNYAC).  York fell by the final count of 62-22 to Lehman (4-7, 2-3 CUNYAC) in the women's meet.

Alex Winter headlined York in the men's meet with a trio of victories.  He touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.92) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.88) events.  Winter then produced first-place points in the 100-yard freestyle (56.10).

On the women's side, Nayelly Rojas claimed victory in the 100-yard backstroke race in 2:12.17. Rojas garnered first-place points in the 50-yard freestyle (44.79) and also collected second-place points in the 100-yard freestyle (1:53.75)

Up Next 

The Cardinals (M: 1-5, 0-2 CUNYAC; W: 0-5, 0-3 CUNYAC) return to action next Friday (Jan. 27) for day one of the CUNYAC Championships (Jan. 27-29) hosted by Lehman College inside APEX Swimming Pool. 

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