FREDONIA, NY – The Alfred University men's swimming & diving team defeated both University of Rochester and Fredonia on Saturday afternoon in tri-meet action, picking up the first win since 1992 over the Yellowjackets.
 
"We were not quite at 100% today. A little bit tired, but we are working hard," Head Coach Brian Striker '00 said. "We put things together enough to beat U of R for the first time in many years…at least as long as I have been around. It was pretty exciting for the team! It was great to see them engaged with what was going on around them and stepping up when needed. Despite the momentum that we have and the results we are seeing, I think they are looking forward to a few weeks off from meets!"
 
The Saxons began the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Youssef amr Abdallatif (Cairo, Egypt/Raya Language School), Carlos Gonzalez (Baja California, Mexico/Unifront), Seif Asaad (Cairo, Egypt/Stanford) and Calem Striker (Hornell, NY/Hornell) combined for a time of 1:37.25.
 
Andre Ayala (Mexico City, Mexico/Preparatoria No°5) got the first individual win of the evening, beating the rest of the pool in the 1,000-yard freestyle by over 15 seconds with his time of 9:55.23. Abdallatif followed with a 50.02 in the 100-yard backstroke for the win.
 
Gonzalez and Mahmoud Elkady (Cairo, Egypt/Smart City) took the top two spots in the 100-yard breaststroke. Gonzalez won with a time of 1:00.03 and Elkady followed close behind with a 1:00.36. Keagan Winkky (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) was just shy of completing the 1-2-3 finish as he took fourth in the event with a time of 1:03.06.
 
Jaxson McQuaid (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) almost swept the diving events. He just missed the 3-meter board victory by 0.98 points as he took second with a score of 234.00, falling to Rochester's Max Wozinski's 234.98 score. McQuaid won the 1-meter with a score of 240.98 (over 39 points higher than the other divers).
 
Striker got some retribution after just missing out of winning the 50-yard freestyle by taking the victory in the 100-free with a time of 48.83, the only swimmer to go sub-50. Abdallatif completed the sweep of the backstroke events, winning the 200-yard with a time of 1:52.35.
 
Gonzalez and Elkady went 1-2 in the 200-yard breaststroke, going 2:12.77 and 2:16.63, respectively. Ayala completed his sweep of the distance events as he won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:48.11 and later the 400-yard individual medley, dominating that race with a time of 4:08.54, defeating the rest of the competition by over 13 seconds.
 
The Saxons will next travel to Ithaca College for the Bomber Invitational, after enjoying the rest of November off. The three-day invitational begins on Thursday, December 4 at 5:00pm.