ALLEGHENY EMPIRE* – MEN AND WOMEN
- Dates: Wednesday, February 19-Saturday, February 22, 2020
- Location: Webster High School Aquatic Center – Rochester, NY
- Host: Hartwick
- Defending Champion AMCC: Penn St. Behrend women; Penn St. Behrend men (13x)
- Defending Champion E8: Nazareth women (2x); Stevens men (7x)
- Live Results: Available here
- Live Video: Day 1 │ Day 2 │ Day 3 │ Day 4
- Championship Central
*combination of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference and Empire 8 Conference.
Courtesy: Empire 8 Athletics
WOMEN
Nazareth College is in the lead after the opening day of the 2020 Empire 8 and Allegheny Empire Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the Webster Aquatic Center and hosted by Hartwick College. The Golden Flyers won three of four finals events to open the championship and have 244 points to lead second place Hartwick by 34. Alfred is third with 109 points, while Utica is fourth with 69. Nazareth and Hartwick are also 1-2 in the 10-team Allegheny Empire Championship standings.
Abby Miller of Hartwick led a 1-2 finish for the Hawks in the 500-yard freestyle relay to open the meet before Nazareth took over with wins in the final three events. First-year Abbie Santos rolled to a decisive win in the 200-yard individual medley, while teammate Taylor Robey earned the win in the 50-yard freestyle for the third straight season, recording a blistering NCAA “B” cut time of 23.43. It was the second fastest winning time in Empire 8 history. Nazareth’s 200-yard medley relay team of Kat Benz, Molly Schoemick, Santos and Robey concluded the evening with a victory. It was Nazareth’s third straight team win in the 200-yard medley relay.
Day two action continues on Thursday from the Webster Aquatic Center, with preliminary action starting at 10 a.m. and the finals getting underway at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Empire 8 Individual Champions
500-yard freestyle – Abby Miller, Hartwick – 5:11.06
200-yard individual medley – Abbie Santos, Nazareth – 2:08.64
50-yard freestyle – Taylor Robey, Nazareth – :23.43
200-yard medley relay – Kat Benz, Molly Schoemick, Abbie Santos, Taylor Robey, Nazareth – 1:47.05
Empire 8 Team Scores
Nazareth – 244
Hartwick – 207
Alfred – 109
Utica – 69
Allegheny Empire Team Scores
Nazareth – 398
Hartwick – 328
Penn State Behrend – 183
Alfred – 176
Penn State Altoona – 107
Franciscan – 104
Utica – 96
Alfred State – 94
SUNY Delhi – 78
Pitt-Bradford – 5
MEN
Nazareth College is in the lead after the opening day of the 2020 Empire 8 and Allegheny Empire Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the Webster Aquatic Center and hosted by Hartwick College. The Golden Flyers won four of the five men’s events on Wednesday night to take the overall team lead with 278 points. Hartwick is second in the Empire 8 standings with 206 points, while Alfred is third with 190 and Utica is fourth with 73. Nazareth also leads the overall Allegheny Empire team scores with 430 points.
It was all Nazareth from the start. Dylan Long made a furious rally to win the 500-yard freestyle in the final strokes. Teammate John Koch used a powerful burst to win the 200-yard individual medley by nearly two seconds. In what was the closest race of the night, Hartwick first-year Diallo Marshall edged out Tom Griffin of Nazareth by just four one-hundredths of a second to win the 50-yard freestyle in 20.84 seconds. Griffin would team with Koch, Luca Biagiotti and Mark Dunkelberg to roll to a decisive win in the 200-yard medley relay.
Nazareth Junior Sidney Taylor won his first Empire 8 diving title in the 3-meter event, recording a score of 487.30.
Day two action continues on Thursday from the Webster Aquatic Center, with preliminary action starting at 10 a.m. and the finals getting underway at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Empire 8 Individual Champions
500-yard freestyle – Dylan Long, Nazareth – 4:41.25
200-yard individual medley – John Koch, Nazareth – 1:53.87
50-yard freestyle – Diallo Marshall, Hartwick – :20.84
200-yard medley relay – Tom Griffin, John Koch, Luca Biagiotti, Mark Dunkelberg, Nazareth –
1:33.07
3-meter diving – Sidney Taylor, Nazareth – 487.30
Empire 8 Team Scores
Nazareth – 278
Hartwick – 206
Alfred – 190
Utica – 73
Allegheny Empire Team Scores
Nazareth – 430
Penn State Behrend – 323
Hartwick – 318
Alfred – 285
Alfred State – 163
Utica – 92
Penn State Altoona – 90
Pitt.-Bradford – 54
SUNY Delhi – 40