Lamphear Sets Team Record To Open NEAC Championships

COBLESKILL, N.Y. – Senior Alex Lamphear (Springfield, N.H.) of the Wells College men's swimming program set a program record in the 500 Yard Freestyle as his team competed at the North Eastern Athletic Conference Championships on Friday.

The host school, SUNY Cobleskill, is unable to provide accurate standings at the current time. Wells has won two NEAC Championship titles in their team's nine-year history.

Lamphear's time of 5:20.46 in the 500 Yard Freestyle placed him first amongst all nine NEAC competitors. Additionally, he shattered the team record of 5:23.57 set by Thomas Laier at the NEAC Championships in 2012. Freshman Owen May (Warsaw, N.Y.) took third with a time of 5:27.97 (career-best time) while sophomore Lucas Donnenwirth (Frankfort, N.Y.) placed sixth (6:29.42). Donnenwirth's preliminary time of 6:27.08 was a career-best time.

Senior Tyler Fischetti (Weedsport, N.Y.) earned 12 points for his team with a third place finish in the 200 Yard Individual Medley (2:23.76), finishing 13 seconds behind the race leader from SUNY Cobleskill with his career-best time. Freshman Shawn Snell (Hilton, N.Y.) also posted the fastest time of his career in the 200 Yard Individual Medley, touching the wall in 2:42.28.

Junior Tyler Morris (Maryland, N.Y.), a first-year swimmer, had a strong performance in the 50 Yard Freestyle, placing sixth out of 12 entrants with a time of 26.51 with his career-best time. Freshman Tyler Lewis (Chittenango, N.Y.) also posted a career-low time of 29.31 in the 50 Yard Freestyle.

The foursome of Morris, Fischetti, May and Lamphear rounded out the day's action with a third place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, completing the race with a time of 1:39.07 to crack the all-Wells Top 10 list.

Wells will compete in the second day of the NEAC Championships Saturday, Feb. 14 on the campus of SUNY Cobleskill. The preliminary races begin at 10 a.m. with the finals starting promptly at 6 p.m.