DENVER ? San Jose State’s Heather Denman and Jo Thibodaux have been named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for the week of Oct. 13-19.
Denman, a freshman swimmer from Brookeville, Md. (Sherwood HS), was the top Spartan for the third straight week, finishing a perfect 6-0 in sweeping her three individual events over both UC Santa Cruz and Fresno State. She won the 200 butterfly in 2:06.90, with the next closest competitor more than three seconds behind her. The time was Denman’s best and kept her in ninth on the all-time Spartan list in the event. The sophomore later took her first 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley races of the season. Her performance helped SJSU to a 2-0 record on the week, improving the Spartans to 7-1 on the season in dual meets. This is the first career Swimmer of the Week honor for Denman.
Thibodaux, a sophomore diver from Alvin, Texas (Alvin HS), swept both 1 and 3-meter diving events in dual meets against UC Santa Cruz and Fresno State. She first posted a score of 259.00, her season best by 24.47 points, in taking the 3-meter event. The mark was the second best performance this season among WAC divers, and just 11 points shy of the NCAA ?B’ cut. She then won the 1-meter event with 228.80 points. This marks her second Diver of the Week honor this season.
Other swimming nominees: Nevada’s Margaret Doolittle won the 100 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley events at the Pacific Invitational to help the Pack to a third-place finish. Northern Arizona’s Rachel Foe took two individual second-place finishes as well as two relay second-place finishes in a 193-103 loss to Kansas. Fresno State’s Heidi Gjoen defeated UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State in the 100 backstroke in the first collegiate meet of her career.
Other diving nominees: Fresno State’s Kendra Weeks defeated UC Santa Cruz in the 3-meter diving event with a score of 177.5.