Poughkeepsie, NY – The State University of New York at New Paltz swim program started up their 2025-2026 season at Vassar. The Hawks faced both the Brewers and the Bard College Raptors. The men fell to Vassar 113-64 but beat Bard 112-41. The women fell to Vassar 152-57 and beat Bard 131-20.
The team of
Jaina Bischof,
Erin Donovan,
Madeleine Tothero and
Brianna Law touched third in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:07.72. The men's team of
Mickey Leach,
Alex Gorzula,
Jack Samko and
Nicholas Ahlborn finished second with a time of 1:44.75.
Sebastian Maldonado,
Deniz Gurcan,
Max Ceasar and
Hayden Brock finished fourth with a time of 1:53.83.
Law touched third in the 1000 yard free with a time of 13:15.82, followed by
Kiara Walsh with a time of 13:43.85.
Antonio Vavalle finished second in the 1000 for the men, finishing with a time of 10:45.42.
Sophia Bucci and
Jayme Fink earned second and third place in the 200-yard freestyle, respectively. Bucci touched with a time of 2:13.57 and Fink touched with a time of 2:23.17. Brock finished third on the men's side with a time of 2:04.70.
Jade Fontanez finished third for the Hawks in the 50 free with a time of 31.37. Ahlborn also finished third representing the men in the 50 with a time of 23.66. Ceasar placed fourth with a time of 26.94.
Donovan and Tothero placed third and fourth in the 200-yard individual medley. Donovan touched with a time of 2:30.99 and Tothero came in 10 seconds later with a 2:40.13.
Tothero placed third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:10.61. Samko touched first for the men with a time of 54:47.
Deniz Gurcan touched third with a time of 58.14.
Athena Sage touched third in the 100 free with a time of 1:14.19, followed by Fontanez with a time of 1:15.62. Brock touched second for the men with a time of 52.39.
Bucci finished third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:12.57. Touching one second later was Bischof with a time of 1:13.26. Leach and Maldonado touched fourth and fifth for the men with a 1:05.67 and a 1:08.40, respectively.
Fink touched third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:20.29. Walsh touched next with a time of 6:50.61. Vavalle won the heat for the men touching with a time of 5:08.82.
Dylan Esposito touched fourth with a time of 5:54.99.
Law touched second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:16.17. Donovan touched fourth with a time of 1:18.85. Gurcan touched third for men with a time of 1:06.06 and Esposito touched fourth with a time of 1:18.29.
The Hawks touched first in the 200-yard freestyle relay for the women. The team of Bischof,
Linsay Perez-Lopez, Sage and
Annabella Perez Salvi touched with a time of 2:07.29. The men touched first as well. Ahlborn, Gorzula, Maldonado and Samko touched with a time of 1:32.14.
The Hawks will be back in the pool Saturday Oct. 25
th at Union College.
******************
To stay up to date with everything #NPHawks be sure to follow us on
Twitter at
@nphawks,
Instagram and
Facebook at
@newpaltzhawks, and subscribe to our
Youtube channel,
New Paltz Hawks.