SOKA Starts Season at Westmont Tri-Meet

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Soka Lions opened their 2021-2022 campaign over the weekend at Westmont College. The Warriors hosted the Lions and the Arizona Christian Firestorm in a two-day event. Soka's women scored 36 points on the day, while the men totaled 111 points.

Highlights from the meet included the Soka's men's 3x100 Medley Relay consisting of Zachary Holt, Yuumi Ishii, and AJ Stewart, who clocked in a final time of 2:57.61.

Makenna Carpinella also generated a noteworthy performance in the 200-yard Freestyle race touching in with a final time of 2:10.47.

Sean Li placed first in the men's 50 Yard Freestyle race finishing with a final time of 23:18, while Stewart also finished first in the men's 100-yard Butterfly event posting a time of 54.16.

"After being away from Soka and our swim team for many months, it was awesome to finally get back to racing and competing for the university and against other universities in our conference," said Head Coach Adam Crossen. "While our times may not have been as fast as we would have liked, our smiles and cheering more than made up for it. We have a great group of student-athletes, and we are excited to continue working on our getting better in the pool every practice."

The Lions return to action on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at the University of Redlands Invitational.

Release courtesy SOKA Athletics