ALFRED, NY – Alfred University's Liv Richeda (Endwell, NY/Maine-Endwell) was named the Empire 8 Women's Swimming & Diving Swimmer of the Week on Monday afternoon.
 
Richeda hit back-to-back personal best marks during the 14^th Annual Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College over the span of three days. During Saturday's preliminary round in the morning session, Richeda posted the fifth-best time in the 200-yard breaststroke with a personal best mark of 2:33.42. She finished sixth in the evening finals with a time of 2:36.24. A day earlier, Richeda posted a personal best time of 5:13.73 during the prelims of the 400-yard individual medley. She then broke that again with a time of 5:09.84 in the finals. Richeda competed in a total of nine events with one more Top-10 finish, swimming the anchor leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay, joining Alexandra Simmons (Danbury, CT/Danbury), Lauren Mott (Cortland, NY/Cortland) and Courtney Cherricks (Chincoteague, VA/Big Springs) for a time of 8:51.42 for seventh place. Richeda split a time of 2:16.14 in the event.
 
Richeda was joined in the Empire 8 Weekly Awards by Andre Ayala (Mexico City, Mexico/Preparatoria No°5) as the Men's Swimmer of the Week.