DENVER ? Nevada junior Courtney Eads has been named the Western Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week, for the week of Jan. 14-20. This is the second WAC Athlete of the Week honor for Eads this season.
Eads, a native of Upland, Calif. (Oregon State), captured all six events in which she swam, leading the Wolf Pack to wins in dual competitions over WAC foe New Mexico State and Big West opponent UC Davis. The versatile Eads won five different events, only repeating in the 1,000-yard freestyle, swimming all four different strokes during the two meets. In the win over New Mexico State, she won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:19.62), 200-yard butterfly (2:01.57) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.73). Against UC Davis, she again captured the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:19.42), 500-yard freestyle (4:59.98) and the 400-yard Individual Medley (4:27.74). Her first-place time of 2:01.57 in the 200-yard butterfly currently ranks as the best in the WAC this season.
Other nominees included: Victoria Eickerman of New Mexico State led the Aggies against conference foe Boise State, recording three lifetime-best performances in the 100-yard butterfly (58.38), 200-yard butterfly (2:08.20) and the 200-yard Individual Medley (2:12.19), and also contributed to the winning 400-yard medley relay for the Aggies.
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