ALFRED, NY -- Alfred University men's swimming and diving member, Christopher Deaver (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley), earned himself the title of Empire 8 Athlete of the Week after a record-breaking, NCAA Regional qualifying week.

Deaver had a record-breaking week on the boards. The junior and the Saxons hosted Le Moyne on Wednesday and Utica on Friday before hitting the road to Hartwick on Saturday. In that time, Deaver managed to qualify for the NCAA Regionals on both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving boards. On Wednesday, he qualified for the 1-Meter event with a score of 309.90. The score also broke a 32-year old school record and also took the top spot as the pool record as he claimed his first win of the day. Later in the meet, he went on to win the 3-Meter with a score of 296.63. On Friday against Utica, Deaver broke the 300 mark again on the short board with a first place score of 302.00 while setting his qualifying mark for the NCAA Regionals on the tall board with a 310.57 (less than five points away from breaking the school record). He finished his week with a first place on the 1-Meter board against Hartwick (266.75) and another on the 3-Meter (245.50).

Deaver and the rest of the Saxons are back to work in order to prepare for their final dual meet of the season at Ithaca College on Saturday, January 23 at 1:00 pm before looking forward to the Empire 8 Conference Championships/UNYSCSA Championships in mid-February.