Abdallatif Named Empire 8 Males’s Swimmer of the Week for Fourth Time

ALFRED, NY – Alfred University’s Youssef amr Abdallatif (Cairo, Egypt/Raya Language School) was named the Empire 8 Men’s Swimming & Diving Swimmer of the Week on Monday afternoon.
 
Monday’s announcement was the fourth time that Abdallatif earned the popularity and it was the sixth time a Saxon swimmer earned weekly honors from the convention. The six instances is a college report for many in a season as Andre Ayala (Mexico City, Mexico/Preparatoria No°5) earned the distinction twice.
 
Abdallatif led the Saxons in a street win over Nazareth University on Friday afternoon. He totaled 4 wins as AU gained each occasion. One of his wins broke the Nazareth University Swimming Pool report as he clocked a time of 56.85 within the 100-meter backstroke, besting the remainder of the pool by virtually 12 seconds. Abdallatif then gained the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 25.68, defeating the remainder of the competitors by over three seconds. He opened the afternoon by swimming the leadoff backstroke leg of the 200-meter medley relay, swimming the quickest opening cut up of 26.75, over 5 seconds quicker than everybody else as he, Mahmoud Elkady (Cairo, Egypt/Smart City), Calem Striker (Hornell, NY/Hornell) and Emmanuel Drappatz (Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel Area) mixed for a successful time of 1:52.08. Abdallatif ended the day by teaming with Keagen Winkky (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads), Elkady and Sean Killian (Kenmore, NY/St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institution) within the 200-meter freestyle relay. Abdallatif had the quickest leg of the occasion with a time of 24.26 because the Saxon workforce put up a successful time of 1:44.58.
 
Abdallatif was joined by Elizabeth Share (Macedon, NY/Palmyra-Macedon) because the Empire 8 Women’s Swimmer of the Week and Jaidyn Chest (Mayfield, NY/Mayfield) because the E8 Women’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week. He and Chest have been additionally named Saxons of the Week on Monday.
 

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