ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – The Bard College swim team hosted the Potsdam Bears at Stevenson Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon. The men's team won against the Bears for the first time in program history.

For the women, Yolanda Liu earned a first place finish over two Potsdam competitors in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing in 2:21.74. She also raced in the 100-yard backstroke and was the second leg for the Raptors' 200-yard freestyle relay. Morgan Grabowski was another standout swimmer for Bard, racing to a 1:01.91 time in the 100-yard freestyle, more than two seconds faster than the second place finisher. She swam a 13:17.90 in the 1000-yard freestyle and was the first off the blocks for the 200-yard freestyle relay.

The men's team earned an 81-59 win over the Bears. The Raptors started off with a 1:58.30 first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as Nate Dower, Owen O'Reilly, Reece Sherf, and Benett Hathaway earned a victory. Hal Beatty took a win in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:57.80. He also raced in the 500-yard freestyle. Dower outmatched the next-best swimmer by five-plus seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 23.36. He also won the 100-yard butterfly by a wide margin, finishing in 56.92 to Potsdam's 1:06.71. Hathaway and Cooper Andrews finished 1-2 in the 100-yard freestyle. Sherf rounded out the good day with a time of 1:09.76 in the 100-yard backstroke to secure the victory.

Next Saturday, the Raptors head to St. Lawrence for a meet at 1 p.m.

Women
50 Free
3. Maya Remick  30.64
Rose Rahimi  38.24

100 Free
1. Morgan Grabowski  1:01.91
Rose Rahimi  1:23.97

200 Free
1. Yolanda Liu  2:21.74

1000 Free
1. Morgan Grabowski 13:17.90

100 Backstroke
2. Yolanda Liu  1:11.94

100 Breaststroke
1. Maya Remick  1:39.19

200 Free Relay
2. Grabowski, Liu, Remick, Rahimi  2:04.02

Men
50 Free
1. Nate Dower  23.36
Cooper Andrews  29.81

100 Free
1. Benett Hathaway  1:03.28
2. Cooper Andrews  1:11.68

200 Free
2. Owen O'Reilly  2:14.44
3. Benett Hathaway  2:37.49

500 Free
2. Hal Beatty 5:54.37

1000 Free
1. Hal Beatty 11:57.80

200 IM
2. Reece Sherf  2:30.22

100 Fly
1. Nate Dower  56.92

100 Backstroke
1. Reece Sherf  1:09.76

100 Breaststroke
2. Owen O'Reilly  1:18.59

200 Medley Relay
1. Dower, O'Reilly, Sherf, Hathaway  1:58.30