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Cristal Perdomo, a current senior at Riverbank High School, has committed to join Barton College’s class of 2025. Barton College is located in Wilson, NC, just south of her hometown of Fredericksburg, VA. She does her club swimming for the Rappahannock Y Swim Team.
I am so excited to be attending Barton College in the Fall!! I am proud to be a part of the Bulldog family. I can’t wait to join this amazing team, and swim for Coach Kevin!! Go Bulldogs!!
At her most recent meet for Riverbank High School, Perdomo swam the 200 free and 100 fly at the 2021 Region 6B Championships, which is classified as one of four regions containing the largest schools in Virginia. She placed 7th in both events, just a few tenths off her lifetime best in the 100 fly and a few seconds off her best in the 200 free.
Both of her personal bests come from the 2020 Virginia Short Course Senior Championships, where she represented Rappahannock while smashing three more lifetime bests in the 200 fly, 200 IM, and 200 back just before the pandemic hit. Her biggest drops came when she sliced two seconds off her 200 IM best from late 2019 and cut a second off her 200 fly best from two years prior.
Top Times SCY:
- 50 Free- 25.65 (relay leadoff)
- 100 Free- 55.29 (relay leadoff)
- 200 Free- 1:57.83
- 100 Fly- 59.66
- 200 Fly- 2:10.86
- 200 IM- 2:12.26
- 400 IM- 4:43.16
Barton College is an NCAA Division II team competing in the Conference Carolinas. They capped off their 2020-2021 season with a women’s team title at the 2021 Conference Carolinas Championships, ending Emmanuel College’s two-year title streak with a decisive lead of almost 100 points. Barton’s head coach, Kevin Woodhull-Smith, was named the Women’s Head Coach of the Year. This was his first season heading the program.
Perdomo will be a major player in several different strokes for the Bulldogs, with instant A-final times in the 100 and 200 free, 100 and 200 fly, and 200 IM, along with a B-final spot in the 50 free. Her highest finish would have been 5th in the 200 fly and 200 IM, with an underclassmen-heavy field in the 200 fly, where three out of the top four at the 2021 meet were freshman.
She will suit up for the Bulldogs with fellow Virginian Erin Flora, who comes from Virginia Beach.
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Congratulations Cristal!!