DENVER ?“ New Mexico State?™s Kelly Freeburn has been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference women?™s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week.
Freeburn, a sophomore from Virginia Beach, Va., won the 50 and 100 freestyles for the Aggies in their narrow 145-135 home loss to I-25 rivals New Mexico on Jan. 28. Her respective winning times were 24.48 seconds and 53.42 seconds, both season bests. Freeburn also placed second in the 200 freestyle (behind teammate Carolyn Bohm) in a time of 1:57.59, another season-best performance for her. She swam the leadoff leg in the 400 freestyle relay which saw the Aggies place second in a season-best time of 3:36.75.
Others Nominated: Blair Buder, Northern Arizona.