Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior
Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) set two individual pool records and teamed on a relay pool record to lead the Le Moyne College men's swimming and diving team to a 168-114 victory over SUNY Cortland on Saturday afternoon at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. Junior
Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) recorded two individual wins and combined on a relay victory to lead the women's team to a 160.5-139.5 win over the Red Dragons.
The team of freshman
Nicholas Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker),
Tim Buff, junior
Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) and freshman
Matthew Walton (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) broke the pool record in the meet-opening 400-yard medley relay with a first-place time of 3:37.48. The previous record of 3:37.87 was set by Southern Connecticut State on January 20, 2013.
Tim Buff registered his first individual win and pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke by touching the wall first by over six seconds with a time of 2:08.91. The College of Saint Rose's Elie McRae established the previous record of 2:10.27 on November 19, 2016. He closed out the individual portion of the meet by winning the 200-yard IM in a pool-record time of 1:57.83. The previous record of 1:58.35 was established by Ricky Chidsey in 2007.
Walton edged May in the 50-yard freestyle by 0.13 seconds for his first individual win of the day with a season-best time of 21.68 seconds. He was then victorious in the 200-yard backstroke in a season-best 2:00.61.
Nicholas Buff earned an individual win by posting a time of 5:07.34 in the 500-yard freestyle.
May turned in a time of 52.47 seconds to claim first place in the 100-yard butterfly.
Junior
Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) was victorious in the 200-yard freestyle by over six seconds with a time of 1:47.34. He then topped the field in the 100-yard freestyle by 0.45 seconds with a season-best time of 49.53.
Freshman
Cameron Keatley (Avon, N.Y./Avon) was the team's first individual winner by turning in a time of 18:01.71 in the 1650-yard freestyle.
Freshman
Pat McCormick (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) claimed the 100-yard breaststroke by 0.68 seconds with a time of 1:03.03.
On the women's side, the quartet of Smith, juniors
Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) and
Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and freshman
Jamie Alexander (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) opened the meet by winning the 400-yard medley relay in 4:16.12. To close out the meet, Alexander and Baker teamed with sophomore
Julia Marilley (Watertown, N.Y./Watertown) and junior
Sarah Gaffney (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) to with the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:43.46.
Smith touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle by just 0.02 seconds with a time of 56.41 seconds. She tallied the team's final individual victory with a time of 2:16.12 in the 200-yard IM.
Baker earned an individual win by topping the field with a time of 1:04.28.
Freshman
Haley Decker (Vernon, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) picked up the team's first individual victory of the day with a time of 19:01.02 in the 1650-yard freestyle.
Junior
Lindsey Wright (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) was victorious in the 100-yard breaststroke by 0.51 seconds with a time of 1:12.52. She tallied her second win by touching the wall first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:38.93.
Freshman
Karen Silaika (Rexford, N.Y./Shenendehowa) registered a time of 5:34.74 to win the 500-yard freestyle by almost six seconds.
Junior
Brittney Liddy (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Academy/Iona) won the second one-meter diving event with a score of 212.10 points.
The Dolphins close out the regular season on Saturday at Alfred University at 1:00 p.m.