Brewers Have Strong Showing At Brandeis In First Road Meet Of The Season

Lakhan, Powers each win two events

Waltham, MA – The Vassar College Men's Swimming and Diving team swam hard on Saturday in a tight 136-126 road loss at Brandeis. First Years Jack Powers (Amherst, NY) and Kieran Lakhan (Kensington, MD) each won two individual events for the Brewers.

Saturday's loss drops Vassar to 2-1 overall on the season, while the Judges open the 2025-26 campaign at 1-0.

For The Brewers

Lakhan had a big day for Vassar in the breaststroke events, winning both the 100-yard (1:02.43) and the 200-yard (2:19.73) events on Saturday.
Lakhan also posted a runner-up finish for Vassar in the 200-yard individual medley.
Powers won the distance freestyle events on Saturday, besting the field in the 1,000-yard (10:14.28) and 500-yard (5:04.57) races for the Brewers.
Lucas Jauregui (Barrington, RI) was first to finish in the 100-yard backstroke on Saturday (54.53).
Sophomore Mike Seaton (Hoboken, NJ) had a strong day for Vassar with a win in the 100-yard butterfly (52.87) and a runner-up finish in the 50-yard freestyle.
Vassar also received third-place swims on Saturday from Logan Seiss (Downingtown, PA) in the 200-yard freestyle, Eli House (Oneonta, NY) in both the 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard freestyle, John Gao (Ann Arbor, MI) in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley, Matthew Short (Scituate, MA) in the 200-yard butterfly, Noah Rich (Dover, NH) in the 200-yard backstroke, Robin Auwaerter (Syracuse, NY) in the 1,000-yard freestyle and Sam Deluca (Mifflinburg, PA) in the 100-yard butterfly.
Saturday was also a strong day for the Vassar relay teams with both the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle teams both earning runner-up finishes.
The medley team of Jauregui, Lakhan, Seaton and House opened the day with a time of 1:39.56, finishing just off the winning time of 1:39.28.
To close the meet, the freestyle quartet of Seaton, Deluca, House and Jauregui swam to a time of 3:19.33.

What's Next

The Brewers return to action on Halloween when they head to Montclair State.

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Players Mentioned

Robin Auwaerter: IM/FR; 6' 2"; Senior; IM/Freestyle

Sam Deluca: BK/FLY; 5' 10"; Senior; Backstroke/Butterfly

John Gao: Sophomore

Eli House: FR/BR; 6' 1"; Sophomore; Freestyle/Breaststroke

Lucas Jauregui: FLY/BK; 6' 0"; Junior; Butterfly/Backstroke

Noah Rich: FR/BR; 6' 0"; Sophomore; Freestyle/Breaststroke

Mike Seaton: Fly/Free; 6' 6"; Sophomore; Butterfly/Freestyle

Logan Seiss: FR/IM; 5' 7"; Sophomore; Free/IM

Matthew Short: FLY; 5' 11"; Sophomore; Butterfly/Freestyle

Kieran Lakhan: First Year

Players Mentioned

Robin Auwaerter
: 6' 2"; Senior; IM/Freestyle
: IM/FR

Sam Deluca
: 5' 10"; Senior; Backstroke/Butterfly
: BK/FLY

John Gao
: Sophomore

Eli House
: 6' 1"; Sophomore; Freestyle/Breaststroke
: FR/BR

Lucas Jauregui
: 6' 0"; Junior; Butterfly/Backstroke
: FLY/BK

Noah Rich
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; Freestyle/Breaststroke
: FR/BR

Mike Seaton
: 6' 6"; Sophomore; Butterfly/Freestyle
: Fly/Free

Logan Seiss
: 5' 7"; Sophomore; Free/IM
: FR/IM

Matthew Short
: 5' 11"; Sophomore; Butterfly/Freestyle
: FLY

Kieran Lakhan
: First Year