Pioneers Win Oberlin Invitational
The Alfred State Men's Swim and dive team leads the Oberlin Invitational after day one. They lead host Oberlin College 321 to 317 and will look to continue their success today in the second day of events.
Some quick highlights from the men's events:
A first-place finish by Kellen Fletcher (Wrightstown, NJ / Northern Burlington) in the 200 IM. Fletcher swam a time of 1:54.67. He barely missed breaking his personal best, by .36. The Men also set the 400 Medley record again. The Pioneer swimmers Westin Perry (Hartsville, NY / Canisteo Greenwood) Stuart Yates (Naples, NY / Naples) Kellen Fletcher and Jazz Widney (Tulsa, OK / Jenks) swam a 3:25.33.
DAY 2:
The Alfred State Men's Swimming and Dive team keep their lead and extend it over Oberlin College at the 2022 Oberlin Invitational, they lead 850.5 to 758.5.
Some highlights from the men's events:
The Men's 200 medley relay team placed first in Saturday's races. Westin Perry, Stuart Yates, Kellen Fletcher, and Luca Aldewereld (Cleveland, OH/ N. Royalton) had a time of 1:32.74.
Westin Perry was all over the leaderboards again on Saturday. In the 200-freestyle event, Perry broke his own record again. He did it with a time of 1:41.80.
Kellen Fletcher also had a record-breaking event. His own 100 fly record was broken, with a time of 49.95.
For the first time in the invitational, men's diving took place on Saturday. Conor Compton (Rexford, NY / Niskayuna) proved his dominance again. With a 501.40, he set another diving record. This time he set the 1M 11 dive record.
Day 3:
On the third and final day of the Oberlin Invitational, the men have completed the win, and come out on the top of eleven teams. The Pioneers scored 832.5 points, beating host Oberlin College who scored 760.5. After three days of record-breaking times and incredible team accomplishments, the men's team earned a much-deserved win.
Westin Perry came in a crucial second place in the 100 freestyle with a 46.95 time. Jazz Widney was close behind him. Widney came in third with a time of 47.06.
In the 200 fly, Ricardo Villareal came in third place. With a time of 1:55.42, he earned the men's team 27 points, further extending the teams lead on the rest of the pack.
In the longest event of the three days, the 1650 freestyle, Avenn Toledo came in second place. Toledo kept the same pace through all 30+ laps. His longest lap was 30.99 and his shortest was 29.45. He finished with a time of 16:36.89.
In the final swimming event of the Saturday, the men's team won the 400 free relay. Westin perry, Luca Aldewereld, Kameron Fadden and Jazz Widney swam a 3:08.08, beating host Oberlin by more than a second.
In the Men's Diving portion, Conor Compton dominated again. On his 11 dives from 3 meters, he scored a 493.75. Compton scored more than 90 points higher than the second-place diver, proving his excellence once again. Compton has been a key contributor in team points in every meet for the men's team so far, and it doesn't look like it will be slowing down anytime soon.
The Pioneers swim again on December 3, in a tri-meet with Wells and Pitt.- Bradford.
