PAC Release

TRAFFORD, Pa. -- Allegheny College's Logan Byers (Oil City, Pa./Homeschool) was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Swimming and Diving Newcomer of the Week.

Byers led the Gators to a sweep of Saturday's home tri-meet. Allegheny narrowly edged Baldwin Wallace University, 129-123, but ran away from Fredonia State with a 163-85 victory. In the meet, Byers won all three of his individual races and helped the Gators place second in the 200-yard medley relay.

In the 100-yard butterfly, Byers beat BWU's Danny Murphy by a mere 0.14 seconds with a time of 54.30 seconds. His lead over Murphy in the 50-yard butterfly was slightly larger, as he earned the victory by 0.62 seconds with a time of 24.51 seconds. Byers also touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 1:05.28.

The Gators will return to Mellon Poll on Saturday, October 31, at 1 p.m.