Buffalo, NY – The SUNY New Paltz Swim program competed in day four, the final day of the SUNYAC Championship. The teams competed in the 1650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 3-meter diving, and the 400-freestyle relay. Alex Gorzula broke another team record in finals Saturday night. Gorzula broke Marton Keri's 12 year old 200-yard breast stroke record touching the pads at 2:06.06, dropping .26 tenths of a second from the history books. 
 
Jayme Fink finished ninth in the 1650 with a time of 19:20.00 earning nine points for the Hawks. Sophia Bucci finished in 14^th with a time of 20:26.87, collecting 3 points. 
 
Antionio Vavalle earned bronze in the 1650. Vavalle touched third with a time of 16:35.05, earning 16 points.
 
Sage Vadney placed fifth in the 200 back with a time of 2:12.29, dropping over a second from prelims and earning 14 points. Jack Wirth also took fifth, touching with a time of 1:55.27, also collecting 14 points. Paul Castner touched 14^th with a time of 2:04.81, picking up three points.

Molly Snyder took 14^th in the 100 free with a time of 56.86, earning three points. Venn Engstrom took 12^th in the 100, touching with a time of 48.75, picking up five points.
 
Erin Donovan placed ninth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:38.89, earning nine points. Naomi Levey took 13^thearning four points with a time 2:44.42.
 
Alex Gorzula earned silver in the 200 breast with a time of 2:06.06. The second-place finish earned 17 points for the Hawks. Xavier Calderon took seventh, earning 12 points with a 2:13.53.

Candela Sandoval touched seventh in the 200 fly with a time of 2:23.53, earning 12 points. Chloe Jeffares touched 15^th with a time of 2:42.51, collecting two points.
 
Jack Samko took bronze in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.41. The third-place finish earned the hawks 16 points. Hayden Brock placed 14^th with a time of 2:07.91, earning three points.
The women's A relay, consisting of Levey, Donovan, Snyder and Vadney touched sixth with a time of 3:50.81, earning 26 points. Bucci, Annabella Perez Salvi, Kaylee Gallagher and Brianna Law made up the B relay, finishing 16^th with a time of 4:04.11, earning two points. 
 
The men's A relay, consisting of Engstrom, Gorzula, Samko and Vavalle placed third in the 400 free relay, earning silver with a time of 3:11.19. The men added 32 points to the board for New Paltz. The B relay consisting of Calderon, Samuel Debbie, Castner and Brock placed 14^th with a time of 3:22.77, earning six points.
 
After the final day of the competition the women finished in seventh place with 248 points and the men finished in fourth place with 413 points. 
 
 
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