New York, NY-  The Hunter Women's Swimming team defeated CUNYAC opponent John Jay 46-31 in their first home meet of the year. Hunter took the top spot in 5 of the 9 events, and split the two exhibition races.

Che'Rel Haywood took home the first gold for the Hawks with a 2:16.39 finish in the 200 freestyle.  Kinsella Reis grabbed a spot on the podium with a third place finish at 2:25.52.  In the 5th race of the day Freshman Mia Chang took home the top finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:27.17, grabbing second place was teammate and fellow freshman Kateryna Titarenko who finished 2:49. 28.

Hunter went 1 and 2 in event #7 the 100 free, Kiana Guarino grabbed the top spot at 59:20 just out touching teammate Mia Chang 59:32.  The Hawks also swept the distance event with senior Sarah Decker taking the top spot in the 500 free with a 6:18.98, winning by nearly 20 seconds over teammate Gwendolyn Posner who took home silver with a 6:37.26. In the second relay of the meet the Hawks won the 200 free with Lian Winter, Kiana Guarino, Gwendolyn Posner, and Germayne Chau taking home the top spot with a 1:52.38, topping the B relay from Hunter made up of Mia Chang, Sarah Decker, Nayesha Krishna, and Vanessa Betancur who came in at 1:59.38.

 In the 200 Medley Relay Hunter went 2 and 3 with Nayesha Krishna, Che;Rel Haywood, Lian Winter, and Vanesa Betancur taking silver with a 2:11.22, and Gwendolyn Posner, Kinsella Reis, Kateryna Titarenko, and Keyu Feng going 2:16.15.  In the exhibition 200 Butterfly Che'Rel Haywood, Lian Winter and Nayesha Krishna went 1, 2 and 3 at 2:48.79, 2:59.36 and 3:05.38 respectfully. 

The Hawks are back in the pool on Saturday 12/10 when they travel to Sarah Lawrence for a tri-meet with the hosts, and United States Merchanct Marine academy.  First event is at 1pm.