Women’s Swimming & Diving Athlete – Alfred
Lauren Serotta, Freshman – Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna
 
First-year Lauren Serotta won two individual titles during Thursday’s meet at Division II LeMoyne College and then led the Saxons at Hartwick College on Saturday with three first-place finishes in individual events. Against LeMoyne she won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:17.65 and the 200-yard individual medley with a mark of 2:25.09. Against conference foe Hartwick, she defeated the rest of the pool in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:03.69, besting them by almost three seconds. In the 200-yard backstroke she swam a 2:19.42 for the win. Serotta finished her wins with a 2:28.61 in the 200-yard individual medley. She was a part of the second placed 200-yard medley relay that swam a 2:01.80. Serotta had the fastest backstroke leg of the race with a 29.33, topping the rest of the five-team field by almost two whole seconds.