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Greg Wall

Men's Swimming and Diving Craig Lane, Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Information

SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS REGISTER WINS OVER ALFRED AND WELLS

Alfred, N.Y. – Sophomore Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) won three events to lead the Le Moyne College women's swimming and diving team to victories over Alfred University (166-75) and Wells College (201-53) on Wednesday afternoon at the James A. McLane Physical Education Center. Junior Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) won three events to lead the men's team to a 167-124 win over Alfred.

Smith earned her first win of the meet by touching the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.03. Five events later, she topped the field in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.97 seconds. She registered her third victory of the day in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:04.03.

Sophomore Lindsey Wright (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) also won multiple events, sweeping the two breaststroke events. Her first victory of the meet came in the 100-yard breaststroke, where she touched the wall in 1:12.39. She later captured the 200-yard breaststroke by almost four seconds with a time of 2:38.26.

Sophomores Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua), Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) and Sarah Gaffney (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) and senior Tara O'Donnell (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 1:57.11.

Baker added an individual victory by topping the field in the 200-yard backstroke by almost three seconds with a time of 2:21.33. Freshman Emily Nicastro (Rochester, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) earned Le Moyne's fourth win of the day by recording a time of 2:24.08 in the 200-yard butterfly. Classmate Kylee Wilson (Conesus, N.Y./Livonia) captured the one meter diving event with a score of 191.60.

Buff recorded Le Moyne's first individual win of the afternoon by touching the wall first in the 1000-yard freestyle by almost 35 seconds with a time of 10:10.14. He completed the sweep of the distance events with a time of 4:59.19 in the 500-yard freestyle. Three events later, he was victorious in the 200-yard IM by five and one-half seconds with a time of 2:01.61.

Senior Ben Verdi (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's) was also part of three victories with two of them coming in individual fashion. He claimed his first solo win in the 100-yard breaststroke by 3.25 seconds with a time of 1:01.50. He then won the 200-yard breaststroke by 6.56 seconds with a time of 2:16.74.

Verdi teamed with classmate Chris Mosconi (Gloversville, N.Y./Gloversville), sophomore Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) and freshman Cory Knapp (Weedsport, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) to win the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay in 1:40.41.

Raiola and Knapp each added individual victories. Raiola won the 200-yard butterfly by 0.68 seconds in 2:01.00, while Knapp was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.35 seconds.

Senior Ronnie Lowe (Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush) picked up a victory in the 100-yard backstroke by touching the wall in 57.79 seconds. Sophomore Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) recorded Le Moyne's second-to-last win of the meet by posting a time of 53.72 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly.

The Dolphins complete the road portion of their regular season schedule on Saturday at Southern Connecticut State University at 12:30 p.m.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

BK/FL
Sophomore
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

FR
Sophomore
Tara O

Tara O'Donnell

Spr. FR/BK
Senior
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

IM/BR
Sophomore
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

BK/BR
Sophomore
Lindsey Wright

Lindsey Wright

FR/BR
Sophomore
Emily Nicastro

Emily Nicastro

FL/IM
Freshman
Kylee Wilson

Kylee Wilson

Diving
Freshman
Tim Buff

Tim Buff

BK/IM
Junior
Ronnie Lowe

Ronnie Lowe

FR
Senior
Travis May

Travis May

Spr. FR/IM
Sophomore
Chris Mosconi

Chris Mosconi

IM/BR/FR
Senior

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

Sophomore
BK/FL
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

Sophomore
FR
Tara O

Tara O'Donnell

Senior
Spr. FR/BK
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

Sophomore
IM/BR
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

Sophomore
BK/BR
Lindsey Wright

Lindsey Wright

Sophomore
FR/BR
Emily Nicastro

Emily Nicastro

Freshman
FL/IM
Kylee Wilson

Kylee Wilson

Freshman
Diving
Tim Buff

Tim Buff

Junior
BK/IM
Ronnie Lowe

Ronnie Lowe

Senior
FR
Travis May

Travis May

Sophomore
Spr. FR/IM
Chris Mosconi

Chris Mosconi

Senior
IM/BR/FR