Bronx, N.Y. – Both Lehman College swimming and diving teams dropped CUNYAC encounter to visiting Brooklyn College on Wednesday evening at The APEX Pool. The Lightning men lost 185-16, while the women dropped 109-73 decision.
Amya Sanchez led the way for Lehman women (1-6; 0-2 CUNYAC) as she claimed gold in the 100 Freestyle and 200 IM with times of 1:03.04 and 2:48.72, respectively. Sanchez was also part of the winning 200 Medley Relay side along with Liberty Almazar, Patrica Soriano and
Mariella Nunez as they clocked in at 2:23.48. Also finishing first for the Lightning were
Shivani Raghuthu,
Xhesika Malecaj,
Meryem Alakus and
Anastacia Maseda in the 200 Freestyle Relay race (2:45.33).
The only highlight for the Lehman men (1-4; 0-1 CUNYAC) on Wednesday was at the 200 Freestyle Relay as
Steven Perez,
Joseph Fernandez, Brahian Rosario-Ortiz and Nelson Valette took silver with a time of 2:09.43. Fernandez also finished third in the 200 Freestyle clocking in at 2:51.74.
The Lightning will be back in action next month with its first match of 2026 when it travels to Patchogue, N.Y. to take on St. Joseph's University-LI on January 12th at 2 pm ET.
