ALFRED, NY – Sophomore Emiliano Terrazas (La Paz, Bolivia/Saint Andrew's) was named the Empire 8 Men's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week on Monday afternoon in an official announcement made by Associate Commissioner, Joe Venniro.
 
Terrazas opened up the 2021-22 season with strong finishes against the always tough Rochester Institute of Technology men's swimming & diving team. He was one of just a handful of second-place earners for AU as he had two silver finishes on the day in individual events and one with the 200-yard medley relay. He swam a 1:01.34 in the 100-yard breaststroke and then a 2:13.71 in the 200-yard version where he both flat out earned second place in those events.
 
He started the meet with swimming the breaststroke leg of the medley relay as he teamed with William LaMastus (Maumee, OH/Anthony Wayne), Fernando Lagos (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Escuela e Instituo Lincoln) and Colby Watkins for a time of 1:39.02, edging out the third place team time of 1:40.97. Terrazas then swam a third place time of 2:02.43 in the 200-yard individual medley in his first place exhibition win.
 
On Monday, Terrazas was joined in the E8 Weekly Awards by Max Freeman IV (Painted Post, NY/Corning-Painted Post) earning Empire 8 Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Hannah Fuller (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Forks) being named the Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Terrazas and the Saxons will next travel to Nazareth College on Friday, October 29 for a 5:00pm dual-meet start.