DENVER - Seattle U's Blaise Wittenauer-Lee and North Dakota's Megan Seehusen have been named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the week, respectively, for Oct. 19-25.
Wittenauer-Lee, a junior from Portland, Ore. (Jesuit HS) played a major role in Seattle U posting a 3-1 record over the weekend in Arizona. Friday, she posted the fastest 100 breaststroke split by a second in the 400 medley relay to help the Redhawks finish second overall in 3:56.09. She dominated the two individual events she competed in Friday, winning the 400 individual medley by over 13 seconds with a time of 4:26.90, followed by a 1.66-second victory in the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 1:04.49. Saturday, her 50 breaststroke split of 29.52 seconds was the fastest as Seattle U finished second in the 200 medley relay in 1:48.88. She posted a time of 2:07.18 in the 200 individual medley, finishing second by just 4/10ths of a second. She then helped the Redhawks clinch both dual meets against Grand Canyon and Loyola Marymount by winning the 200 breaststroke in 2:18.28, 3.54 seconds in front of her nearest competitor. Currently she holds the fastest times in the conference in the 200 breaststroke and 400 individual medley as well as the second-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke and third-quickest mark in the 200 individual medley.
Seehusen, a freshman from St. Cloud, Minn. (St. Cloud Technical HS) picked up her first collegiate win on the 1-meter board, scoring a 232.45. UND also finished 2-3-4 on the 3-meter board with Seehusen (226.45), Brace (219.15), and Alexis Eissinger (218.50) rounding out the top four.
Other swimmer nominees: Grand Canyon's Jovanna Koens took home four 1st place finishes in the meet against Seattle U and Loyola Marymount. Koens currently has the top time in the WAC in the 50-free and the second highest time in the WAC in the 100-free. Dorottoya Lennert from NM State had a time of 55.47 in the 100 Fly and set a new pool record at the NMSU Swimming and Diving Complex. The previous record was held by Jorgi Hobson with a time of 55.85. Lennert also won all three individual events she participated in. North Dakota's Kristin Ainsworth claimed the 200-backstroke title with a 2:08.92; while also finishing third in the 100 backstroke (59.53) and fourth in the 200 IM (2:19.10).