At a glance
The Alfred State College (ASC) men’s swimming & diving team continued their impressive 2021-22 by winning the college’s first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championship
The Alfred State College (ASC) men’s swimming & diving team continued their impressive 2021-22 by winning the college’s first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championship. The Pioneers were also the overall champion in the meet that combined AMCC and Empire 8 institutions.
Alfred State led throughout the four-day event held at the Webster Aquatic Center. The Pioneers scored 969.5 points to sit on top of the overall standings. During the competition, the Pioneers broke six AMCC records and established ten new ASC program records.
New AMCC Records established during the championship:
- The 400-yard medley relay of Westin Perry (Hartsville), Stuart Yates (Naples), Kellen Fletcher (Wrightstown, NJ) and Jazz Widney (Tulsa, OK) won in 3:26.56 to establish a top time.
- The 200-yard medley relay of Perry, Yates, Widney and Luca Aldewereld (Cleveland, OH) won in 1:32.10 to claim the top spot.
- The 400 free relay of Perry, Fletch, Aldewereld, and Widney set a new top mark by winning in 3:05.12.
- Aldewereld set a new mark in winning the 50 freestyle in 20.94.
- Fletcher won the 100 butterfly in 50.44 to set a new record.
- Perry set a new mark in the 100 free in 46.27.
“I am very proud of both our men and women this weekend,” stated AMCC Coach of the Year Mike Smiechowski. “Special thanks to the alumni and everyone involved with helping build this championship team. It was a truly special year with our men going undefeated. Looking forward to continuing to build a championship pedigree for both programs.”
The AMCC title broke Penn State Behrend’s streak of 14 straight AMCC titles and the AMCC title was the first won by a men’s athletic team at Alfred State (the women’s swimming & diving team won the AMCC Championship in 2020). It was also the first time an AMCC team has won the overall title of the Allegheny – Empire Championship.
In total, the Alfred State men had 11 AMCC individual champions and 10 overall event champions. Diver Austin Miller (Hornell) earned AMCC Diver of the Year for the third year.
The Alfred State women’s swimming & diving team finished second in the AMCC standings and fourth in the overall standings. Diver Sarah Streeter (LeRoy) earned the AMCC Diver of the Year honors.
