Lions Sweep AMCC Honors
Sophomore Clay Altemose was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while freshman Lucas Kachurick earned Diver of the Week honors after their performance at the conference championship meet last weekend.
ERIE, Pa. – Sophomore Clay Altemose was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while freshman Lucas Kachurick earned Diver of the Week honors after their performance at the conference championship meet.
Altemose won three individual events and swam on two winning relay teams at the AMCC Championships. He won the 100 butterfly (51.78), 100 backstroke (53.15) and 200 butterfly (1:57.59), breaking the conference meet and team records in each event. Altemose was also a part of the 200 free, 200 and 400 medley championship relays.
Kachurick was the men’s champion in the one-meter and three-meter diving competitions. He posted an AMCC –record and NCAA-qualifying score of 452.25 for the gold medal and first place out of six divers on the one-meter board to be named Diver of the Meet.
