Syracuse, N.Y. – Freshman
Haley Synan (Belchertown, Mass./Belchertown) won two individual events and teamed on a relay victory to lead the Le Moyne College women's swimming and diving team to a 131-94 win over Alfred University on Thursday evening at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. Senior
Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) and sophomore
Matthew Walton (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) each posted two individual victories and teamed on a relay win to lead the men to a 128-111 win over the Saxons.
The quartet of freshman
Elizabeth Morgan (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Shaker), senior
Madison Allen (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta), Synan and senior
Sarah Gaffney (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) opened the meet by winning the 400-yard medley relay in 4:17.58.
Synan added two individual victories on the evening. Her first came in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.89. The then won the 200-yard butterfly by over 10 seconds with a time of 2:15.73.
Sophomore
Haley Decker (Vernon, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) picked up the team's first individual win of the evening by touching the wall first in the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:15.91.
Senior
Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) also turned in two first-place finishes for the Dolphins. She was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.53 seconds. She later captured the 500-yard freestyle by over 10 seconds with a mark of 5:35.14.
Junior
Kylee Wilson (Conesus, N.Y./Livonia) won the first one-meter diving event with a score of 141.70.
Sophomore
Jamie Alexander (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) recorded a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle by almost 2.5 seconds with a time of 57.64 seconds.
Senior
Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) registered the men's team's first win of the evening by topping the field in the 200-yard freestyle by over two seconds with a time of 1:48.03.
May recorded two victories to collect 18 points. He touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.18 seconds. He then won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:03.39.
Walton also tallied a pair of victories. He captured the 200-yard IM by over 2.6 seconds with a time of 2:02.02. He touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle by over one second with a time of 48.62 seconds.
In the closest event of the night, sophomore
Nicholas Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) won the 200-yard backstroke by 0.10 seconds with a time of 1:59.75.
Freshman
Austin Richardson (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) claimed the 500-yard freestyle by five seconds with a time of 4:55.06.
Sophomore
Michael Dierolf (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) collected the team's final individual victory of the meet with a time of 2:14.93 to win the 200-yard breaststroke by almost eight seconds.
The quartet of Walton, Raiola, junior
Eric Burdge (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) and May closed out the meet by winning the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:18.93.
The Dolphins conclude the home portion of their schedule on Friday against Nazareth College at 6:00 p.m. Prior to the first event, the 11-member senior class (Allen, Gaffney, Smith, May, Raiola,
Alyssa Baker,
Calee Coleman,
Annie Steve,
Lindsey Wright,
Evan Davis and
Pat McCormick) will be honored by the Dolphin Athletic Association for their contributions to the program.