ROCHESTER, NY – The Alfred University men's swimming & diving team defeated Nazareth University on the road on Friday afternoon, 228-36 to open the new year while winning every single event.
 
"It was good to get back into competition mode today," Head Coach Brian Striker '00 said. "The divers were consistent and there was a noticeable improvement in their lists; the scores where solid. It is hard to gauge swimming times, as we only swim short course meters at Nazareth every other year, but I thought we looked great. We have a couple hard meets next week, so it was nice to see that we are starting this semester off on a good note!"
 
Youssef amr Abdallatif (Cairo, Egypt/Raya Language School) led the way by earning yet another pool record at opponents' campuses. He clocked a time of 56.85 in the 100-meter backstroke en route to a victory. It was one of four wins on the day as he began the afternoon swimming the backstroke leg of the 200-meter medley relay. He clocked a time of 26.75 in the leadoff position, over five seconds faster than all other backstroke swimmers in the event. Abdallatif was joined by Mahmoud Elkady (Cairo, Egypt/Smart City), Calem Striker (Hornell, NY/Hornell) and Emmanuel Drappatz (Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel Area) as the team combined for a time of 1:52.08. Abdallatif then went on to win the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 25.68 and ended the day with a win in the 200-meter freestyle relay. He teamed with Keagen Winkky (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads), Elkady and Sean Killian (Kenmore, NY/St. Joseph's Collegiate Institution) for a winning time of 1:44.58. He also had the fastest leg on the event as he swam a 24.26.
 
After the medley relay, Killian picked up the next victory with a time of 9:50.42 in the 800-meter freestyle. Uros Stojic (Niš, Serbia/Prva niška gimnazija Stevan Sremac) claimed the gold in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:10.14. Striker followed with a time of 29.24 in the 50-meter backstroke for the win.
 
Elkady led the 1-2-3 sweep in the 50-meter breaststroke (four Saxons posted top-5 times in the event) as he won with a time of 31.15, just ahead of Winkky's 31.72. Zeke Doerner (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) posted the top time in another 1-2-3 sweep for the Saxons, clocking a time of 1:08.30 in the 100-meter butterfly.
 
Drappatz won the 50-meter free with a time of 26.12. Jaxson McQuaid (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) swept the diving events. He scored 234.85 points on the 1-meter board just before recording 202.65 points in his 3-meter victory.
 
Striker claimed a dominant win in the 100-meter freestyle, finishing with a time of 55.36, over six seconds faster than the competition. Elkady completed his sweep of the breaststroke events as he won the 100-meter with a time of 1:10.26. Killian did the same in the distance events, finishing the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:43.91 for his second solo win of the day.
 
Striker won the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:24.65, defeating the rest of the pool by over 13 seconds.
 
The Saxons will next travel to SUNY Geneseo for a dual-meet on Wednesday, January 14 at 6:00pm.