Mansfield, Mass. – Le Moyne College senior
Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) was named the Northeast-10 Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. Also, the Dolphins' 400-yard medley relay team was named the NE10 men's Relay Team of the Week
Buff, named the swimming athlete of the week for the first time this season and for the third time in his career, won two individual events and teamed on a relay victory, with all three performances setting pool records, in Le Moyne's 168-114 win over SUNY Cortland on Saturday. He swam the second leg of the victorious 400-medley relay that posted a pool-record time of 3:37.48. He 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.
The quartet 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) of the 400-yard medley relay team were honored for the first time this season. The team broke the pool record in the meet-opening event 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.
The Dolphins close out the regular season on Saturday at Alfred University at 1:00 p.m.