Swimming Loses First SCIAC Meet, Poets 200-yard Medley Relay Sets WC Record

The Whittier College men's 200-yard medley relay team set a new school record, but Whittier College men lost 119-82  and the women lost 101-41 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on December 1.  

The team of Jake Stewart '09, Manny Sanchez '08, Lance Haver '10 and Sam Benedum '09 took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:42.40 seconds, beating the previous record of 1:42.75 set in 2005 by A.J. Kotanjian, Sanchez, Michael Wensman and Chris Wilson.  Sanchez also finished first in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:59.62 and the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.58.  Benedum finished first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.92 seconds and finished second to Sanchez in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.02.  Stewart took first place in the 100-yard backstroke in 58.65 seconds.

For the women, Indre Lauraitis '10 finished second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:08.29.  Kera Kimura '10 took second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:14.43.