DENVER Hawaiis Nicole Mackey has been named the Western Athletic Conference swimming and diving Athlete of the Week.
Mackey, a freshman from Los Alamitos, Calif., placed in the top three in four events at the Big West Shootout, taking home two golds. She earned NCAA provisional marks in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes, with times of 55.95 and 1:59.97. She placed second in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:20.11, then placed third in the 200 IM, earning a time of 2:05.64.
Additional nominees included: Christine Lachmann, Nevada