NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2014) – Sophomore Julia Cunningham (Yardley, PA/Peddie School) finished with two wins in the 200 yard butterfly and 200 yard individual medley, as Vassar competed against powerhouse New York University Saturday afternoon. NYU took the overall meet victory by a score of 199-87, and Vassar now moves to 1-1 on the in the early goings of the season in duals.
"It was great to see us come out and compete hard today," said head coach Lisl Prater-Lee. "NYU is obviously a very good team, but meet-by-meet we are building races and improving and that's important for what we're working towards."
Cunningham topped the field in the 200 fly with a time of 2:09.03, outpacing the next best finisher by three seconds. She also was the No. 1 finisher in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.56 edging NYU's best finisher was two seconds. Cunningham nearly picked up a third victory in the 100 fly, finishing in 58.90 less than a second of the leader.
Junior Anna Kuo (Floral Park, NY/Townsend Harris) was the top Brewer in the 200 yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:40.97 to shave seven seconds off her lifetime best. Kuo went on to notch a time of 1:14.04 in the 100 breast, to again finish as the top VC swimmer.
Junior Mile Nelson (Champaign, IL/University Laboratory) was fourth overall in the 100 yard backstroke, posting a mark of 1:04.98.
Sophomore Leah Pan (Oakland Gardens, NY/Hunter College) was solid in the 50 yard freestyle, finishing in 27.44. Freshman Cali Corbett (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks South) was the top Brewer in the 100 free, posting a time of 1:01.38.
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