Posted: Feb 19, 2022

Pioneers Claim AMCC Title Ending Behrend’s 16-year Streak, Smiechowski Named Coach of the Meet

After four successful days the Alfred State men's swimming and diving team made history as the Pioneers captured both the overall and the AMCC title at the Allegheny Empire Swimming & Diving Championships.

The Pioneers made history by ending the Penn State Behrend's 16-year win streak and by breaking multiple AMCC and program records throughout the four-day Championship.

Head coach Mike Smiechowski was named Coach of the Meet for his team's success.

In the final day the 400-yard freestyle relay of Westin Perry (Canisteo Greenwood), Kellen Fletcher (Wrightstown, NJ), Luca Aldewereld (Cleveland, OH) and Jazz Widney (Tulsa, OK) broke the AMCC record and program record after winning in 3:05.12.

Perry set the AMCC record in the lead off with 46.27.

In the 100-yard freestyle Perry placed second and set a new AMCC record in 46.47, Aldewereld took fourth in 46.51 and Widney was fifth in 47.02.

Kellen Fletcher (Wrightstown, NJ) set a new program record after finishing third in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:53.70 and Patrick Roberts (East Aurora) was sixth in 1:58.96.

In the 1650-yard freestyle Henry Schafer (Warsaw/Notre Dame) finished eighth in 17:23.75 and Tanner Fixsen (Stayton, OR) was 10^th in 17:27.11.

Schafer broke two program records at once. He set the 1650 free and the 1000-yard free in 10:31.17 while swimming the 1650.

Jack Friedah (York, PA/West York) finished seventh in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:03.65.

Austin Miller was named the diver of the meet.

AMCC RECORDS:

200 Medley Relay- 1:32.10 (Westin Perry, Stuart Yates, Jazz Widney, Luca Aldewereld)

400 Medley Relay- 3:26.56 (Westin Perry, Stuart Yates, Kellen Fletcher, Jazz Widney)

400 Free Relay- 3:05.12 (Westin Perry, Kellen Fletcher, Luca Aldewereld, Jazz Widney)

100 Free- Westin Perry 46.27

100 Fly- Kellen Fletcher 50.44

50 Free- Luca Aldewereld 20.92

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