Records Continue to Fall at Day Two of CUNYAC/OAI Graphics Swimming and Diving Championships; Baruch Leads Both Team Races
Photo by: Courtesy of Lehman Athletics
Relay swimmers from Staten Island (center), Baruch (left) and Lehman receive their medals Friday night.
Results (PDF) Another record-setting day took place Friday at the APEX Aquatic Center, as Day Two of the City University of New York Athletic Conference/OAI Graphics Swimming and Diving Championships came to a close. Baruch leads the men’s competition with 717.5 points, besting second-place Staten Island (610) and third-place Lehman (545) in the five-team competition. The women's side is also led by the Bearcats (666 points), with Hunter (539) lurking heading into Saturday's third and final day of competition (9 a.m. start time). Lehman (337) and Staten Island (322) are 15 points apart in the race for third place in the seven-team affair. In women’s action, Baruch junior Priscilla Arana went undefeated with four records set on the day. She swam second on the Bearcats’ record-setting 200-yard medley relay squad that finished in a time of 1:57.45. The mark, which included Julia Sung, Jia Feng and Alyssa Lubrino, bested Baruch’s 2:00.62 mark from the 2010 championships; Arana and Feng swam on the previous record-holding relay. Arana turned around in the next swimming event of the afternoon and shattered the 400-yard individual medley record, touching the wall in a time of 5:05.87 – over 18 seconds ahead of teammate Tiffany Wong’s record-setting time from two years ago. Rounding out her individual performances, Arana broke Annelie Gregor’s 2008 mark in the 100-yard breaststroke, completing the race with a record-setting mark of 1:10.87. Gregor’s previous mark was a time of 1:11.46.