ALFRED, NY -- The last time an Alfred University men's track & field athlete earned an Empire 8 Athlete of the Week three times in a season was Seth Spicer '18 between both indoor and outdoor seasons. On Monday, his younger brother, Alex Spicer (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post) earned his third Empire 8 Men's Track Athlete of the Week in just his first collegiate season and with only three week of the outdoor portion of the schedule being completed.

First-year Spicer won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.24, defeating 68 other competitors including Division II runners from Daemen College and a Division I runner from St. Bonaventure University during the SUNY Geneseo Invitational on Saturday. He also took seventh in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.80. Spicer teamed with Jackson Trimboli (Arkport, NY/Arkport Central), Rashid Abuelmaali (Latham, NY/Shaker) and Papa Dioum (Harlem, NY) to take third in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.77 on Saturday.

Spicer was joined on the overall Empire 8 Weekly Awards by two men's lacrosse players as they swept the selections. Sophomore Cale Donegan (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post) earned Player of the Week while first-year Scott Kimiecik (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) was the Goalie of the Week.

Spicer and the Saxons will next head up the hill to Alfred State College on Tuesday, April 2 for the Allegany County Classic. The sprinters and jumpers will compete at A-State while the throwers head to Houghton College.