ALFRED, NY – Alfred University's William LaMastus (Maumee, OH/Anthony Wayne) earned his fifth career Empire 8 Weekly Award as the Men's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week on Monday. He is now one of 19 Saxons to have reached that milestone and is the first men's swimming & diving athlete to do so.
 
LaMastus was undefeated on Friday afternoon as he led the Saxons to a 200-79 win over visiting Nazareth University. He started the day off with the fasted backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay, clocking a 24.77 as his team of him, his brother Wade, Keagen Winkky (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) and Tucker Jones (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) won with a time of 1:40.22, over 14 seconds faster than Nazareth. The events that followed for LaMastus were all individual victories, first with the 100-yard backstroke, winning with a time of 54.67, 15 seconds faster than the Golden Flyers, leading his teammates to a 1-2-3 finish. He clocked a time of 2:21.84 as he won the 200-yard breaststroke, defeating the rest of the pool by almost eight seconds. LaMastus ended the day with a 2:04.60 victory in the 200-yard individual medley.
 
LaMastus was joined in the weekly listing by Elizabeth Share (Macedon, NY/Palmyra-Macedon) as the Empire 8 Women's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week.