Results

ITHACA, NY – The Alfred University men's swimming & diving team ended their dual meet schedule with a 113-183 loss at Ithaca College on Saturday.
 
The Saxons were led by Andy Edmister (Belmont, NY/Genesee Valley Central) as he won two individual events while picking up two second place relay finishes. Noah Koltenuk (Danville, PA/Danville Area) also picked up a pair of wins in individual events while teaming with Edmister on the 200-yard freestyle relay and taking third in another individual race.
 
Edmister won both backstroke races as he swam a 54.68 in the 100 back and a 1:56.92 in the 200 back. He then partnered with Richard Berger (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz), Vincent Tamplain (Luling, LA/Hahnville) and Ryan Brown (Olean, NY/Olean) to take second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:40.87. Him and Koltenuk were joined by Bryan Rafoth (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) and Zach Goodwin (Holden, MA/Wachusett) to edge out the third place team from Ithaca by 0.26 seconds in the 200 free relay. The AU squad combined for a time of 1:33.15.
 
Koltenuk got his day started with a 10:13.52 win in the 1,000-yard freestyle. He later won the 500 free with a 4:56.22 before he took third in the 400-yard individual medley with a 4:27.80. Berger and Chris Deaver (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) were the only other Saxons to pick up wins on the day.
 
Berger won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.32 while Deaver won the 3-meter diving event with a score of 277.70. Both also earned second place finishes as Deaver scored a 267.55 on the 1-meter board and Berger swam a 2:20.89 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
 
Brown edged out an Ithaca swimmer in the 100-yard butterfly by 0.02 seconds to take the Saxons' last second place finish with a time of 56.29. He also finished third in the 50 free with a time of 22.64 and third in the 100 free with his 50.95 finish. Both Tamplain and Goodwin followed Brown in the 100 fly as Tamplain took third with a 56.31 while Goodwin swam a 57.96 for fourth place.
 
Gabriel Smith (Campbell, NY/Campbell-Savona) took third on the 3-meter board with a score of 149.90 but broke out a huge, 198.85 on the 1-meter board for fourth place. The Saxons also welcomed transfer student-athlete Logan Cross (Olean, NY/Olean) on Saturday as he took third on the 1-meter board with a score of 206.75.
 
"Getting back into meet mode, having had almost two weeks off was needed. The team performed well, we looked strong in the water despite being tired," Head Coach Brian Striker said. "Coming into this meet, we talked a bit about this being the final dual meet leading into championships; the last chance to fine tune things in a competitive environment. This time of the year is tough to see peak performances, but we had some and that is pretty exciting. Going into taper, this program is in a great place and I look forward to having some great things to talk about at the end of February!"
 
The Saxons will next going into training to prepare for the Empire 8 Championships held at Webster Aquatics Center. The four-day meet will begin on Wednesday, February 20 and end that Saturday. Alfred University is the host of the meet.