Swimming Loses to La Verne By Narrow Margin, Sanchez '08 Yet to Lose a Race This Season

Manny Sanchez '08 finished first in every event he swam, but the Whittier College men lost 128-101 at home against the University of La Verne in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on December 2.  The women were also edged by the Leopards, 94-88. 

Sanchez won the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.06), the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.35) and the 100-yard breaststroke (58.22).  In the breaststroke, Sanchez was over eight seconds ahead of the second place finisher.  The 200-yard medley relay team of Jake Stewart '09, Sam Benedum '09, Lance Haver '10, and Sean Larsen '10 finished first with a time of 1:46.47.  In the 100-yard backstroke, Whittier men took the top three places with Stewart finishing first (1:00.47), Matt Rogers '08 in second (1:01.47) and Matt Brammer '09 in third place (1:03.22).

For the women, the 200-yard medley relay team of Indre Lauraitis '10, Kera Kimura '10, Catherine Gouge '08 and Nicole Sandoval '08 took first place with a time of 2:00.19.  Kimura also finished first in the 200-yard individual medley with a mark of 2:25.09 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:13.25.  Lauraitis won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:07.41.  Ashley Papenbrock '08 finished first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:16.53.