Bronx, NY – The women's swimming team concluded the weekend by winning their second consecutive CUNYAC Championship. With a strong performance on day one in the books, day two was pushed back to Sunday due to inclement weather. Despite having double-duty on day three, the Purple and Gold out-shined the field and won by well over 100 points in a show of dominance.
 
"We had some great momentum on day one. We have such a young team, a lot of freshmen. But everyone stepped up to the plate and raced no matter what score they got. It all contributed to the end," Hunter head coach Frederique Lefebvre said. "It's been a challenging year. The girls I had were able to stay the whole season even if they couldn't compete because of exposure or someone else being exposed, but now being able to all come together here in the end and compete this weekend was amazing."

In all, Hunter racked up a total of 25 top-three finishes. Out of the four relays, they took top honors in three of them and were the runner up in the final relay. Individually, they had seven event winners, eight runner up finishes, and five third place showings.
 
Freshman Germayne Chau earned six golds and one silver over the weekend event, including first place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke and in the 200-yard individual medley. Her efforts earned her Most Valuable Performer recognition.

"I can't put it into words, I'm so thankful for everyone and my coaches for pushing me and my teammates. Everyone in general was so supportive," Chau said. "It was amazing for us to come together and work hard for this. We were all able to do very well today and that we were able to overcome such obstacles."
 
Che'Rel Haywood had a very impressive outing with first place finishes in the 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard breaststroke and 200 yard breaststroke while being a part of three relay teams. Meanwhile, teammate Ava Maffucci was on every relay team and racked up three top-three finishes.
 
Team Scores
1-Hunter (298 points)
2-Baruch (184 points)
3-John Jay (117 points)
4-Lehman (65 points)
5-Brooklyn (43 points)
 
Most Valuable Performer
Germayne Chau
 
Hunter Results
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Hunter – 1:44.43– 1^st Place
1) Germayne Chau  2)Che'Rel Haywood  3)Kinsella Reis  4)Ava Maffucci
 
500 Yard Freestyle
Nancy Leal – 6:10.39 – 2^nd Place
Andrea Rodriguez – 6:15.81 – 3^rd Place
Inga Kulma – 6:49.31 – 5^th Place
Heyu Feng – 7:35.05 – 6^th Place
 
200 Yard IM
Germayne Chau – 2:20.37 – 1^st Place
Amina Dupljak – 2:43.22 – 5^th Place
Dana Lin – 2:46.60 – 6^th Place
 
50 Yard Freestyle
Kinsella Reis – 26.74 – 2^nd Place
Ava Maffucci – 26.81 – 3^rd Place
Vanesa Betancur – 2919 – 5^th Place
 
400 Yard Medley Relay
Hunter – 4:24.54 – 1^st Place
1) Germayne Chau  2)Vanesa Betancur  3)Nancy Leal  4)Ava Maffucci
 
200 Yard Medley Relay
Hunter – 1:57.74 – 1^st Place
1) Germayne Chau  2)Vanesa Betancur  3)Che'Rel Haywood  4) Nancy Leal 
 
400 Yard IM
Sarah Decker – 5:25.37 – 1^st Place
Amina Dupljak – 5:56.55 – 3^rd Place
 
100 Yard Butterfly
Che'Rel Haywood – 1:03.75 – 1^st Place
Nancy Leal – 1:07.69 – 3^rd Place
 
200 Yard Freestyle
Ava Maffucci – 2:04.71 – 2^nd Place
Andrea Rodriguez – 2:17.48 – 4^th Place
Inga Kulma – 2:37.49 – 6^th Place
 
100 Yard Breaststroke
Che'Rel Haywood – 1:13.80 – 1^st Place
Vanesa Betancur – 1:17.22 – 2^nd Place
Kinsella Reis – 1:17.47 – 4^th Place
Amina Dupljak – 1:20.91 – 6^th Place
Dana Lin – 1:24.49 – 7^th Place
 
100 Yard Backstroke
Germayne Chau – 1:00.67 – 1^st Place
Sarah Decker – 1:07.96 – 2^nd Place
Heyu Feng – 1:25.55 – 5^th Place
 
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
Hunter – 9:09.87 – 1^st Place
1) Nancy Leal  2)Sarah Decker  3)Ava Maffucci  4) Andrea Rodriguez 
 
1000 Yard Freestyle
Inga Kulma – 13:44.90 – 2^nd Place
Heyu Feng – 14:58.16 – 4^th Place
 
200 Yard Backstroke
Germayne Chau – 2:18.59 – 1^st Place
Sarah Decker – 2:29.28 – 2^nd Place
 
100 Yard Freestyle
Ava Maffucci – 57.78 – 3^rd Place
Andrea Rodriguez – 1:02.18 – 4^th Place
Vanesa Betancur – 1:05.41 – 5^th Place
 
200 Yard Breaststroke
Che'Rel Haywood – 2:39.78 – 1^st Place
Kinsella Reis – 2:51.29 – 4^th Place
Dana Lin – 3:06.10 – 5^th Place
 
200 Yard Butterfly
Nancy Leal – 2:48.35 – 2^nd Place
 
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Hunter – 3:59.52 – 2^nd Place
1) Kinsella Reis  2)Germayne Chau  3)Che'Rel Haywood  4) Ava Maffucci