BRONXVILLE – The Bard College swimming team faced Sarah Lawrence on the road on Saturday afternoon. The men’s score was as close as it gets at 49-50, and the women’s score was 20-85.
It was the first meet for all of the men, Julian De La Rosa, YuanKai Zhang, Artem Protsenko, Shukuvena Yawanawa, Dylan Vasquez, and Marcos Castilla. Yawanawa debuted in the 200 Yard Freestyle, while the rest started in the 50 Yard Freestyle. Castilla made an impressive debut, finishing second. Also, Vasquez nearly swam under 30 seconds, then completed the 50 Yard Butterfly in 43.63. Yawanawa helped score 29 of the Raptors’ 49 points in various freestyle events, with a 1:28.27 in the 100 Yard Free. Castilla opted for the 50 Yard Backstroke, in which he had a 44.39 time.
Grace Evans and Alexia Parisi raced in the 50 Yard Free, with Evans finishing in a personal best 36.50 and Parisi following in 38.70. Cat Jude was in two events, the 100 Yard IM (1:33.51) and the 500 Yard Free (7:57.14). Evans had a PR in the 100 Yard Free (1:23.18) and raced her first 50 Yard Breaststroke (56.13).
Bard hosts St. Lawrence on November 7th at 11 a.m.
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