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CSU BAKERSFIELD
The Runners' competed in the Inland Empire Diving Invitational over the weekend. On the men's side, Brayden Greenwald reset his personal best by over 13 points (306.35) in a second-place finish in the 3-meter and cracks CSUB Top 5 all-time on the board. Terrell Mauldin also reset his personal best.
and Tyler Greenwald took home first place in the 1-meter.
On the women's side, Carlee Burks raised her personal best by two points (285.15) with a win on Saturday and jumped from fifth all-time on the 1-meter board for CSUB to third. Melissa Gore raised her season best by over 25 points (251.60) to finish third. Burks gets her second win of the meet, sweeping the women's results on the 3-meter. Her score of 275.95 was more than 30 points better than the runner up.
NORTHERN ARIZONA
NAU competed in the four-team FAU Fun Invite hosted by Florida Atlantic on Saturday along with competitors from Northwestern and Marywood University. In the meet which was treated as separate dual meets, NAU picked up victories against Florida Atlantic (175-81) and Marywood (205-50). NAU also fell to Northwestern, 189-71. With its 2-1 record, NAU improved to 5-6 in dual meets this season. The Lumberjacks had a number of second-place overall finishes by Kimmy Richter (200 freestyle), Alina Staffeldt (100 butterfly), Hayley Edmond (100 freestyle), Urte Kazakeviciute (100 breaststroke), Kendall Brown (500 freestyle) and Claire Hammond (100 backstroke). Hammond led NAU's top overall team performance in the 100 back as the ‘Jacks went 2-3-4 in the finish with Hammond, Sara Lenhoff and Jori Lindquist.
WAC SWIMMER AND DIVER OF THE WEEK ANNOUNCED
Northern Arizona's Kendall Brown and CSU Bakersfield's Carlee Burks have been named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the week, respectively, for Dec. 14-20.
Brown, a senior from Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Laguna Hills) enjoyed her best finish of Saturday's four-team FAU Fun Invite with a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle finishing with a time of 5:03.99. The only swimmer that bested her was Northwestern's Lauren Abruzzo and she finished ahead of two other Northwestern swimmers from the Big Ten. She also swam the butterfly leg of NAU's 400 medley relay team that finished third with a time of 4:15.61.
Burks, a junior from Bakersfield, Calif. (Centennial HS) dominated the competition on Saturday by earning victories on both boards. The native of Bakersfield reset her personal best on the 1-meter board to open the competition. Burks scored 285.15 points and jumped from fifth all-time for the ‘Runners in the event to third. She then went on to post a mark of 275.95 on the 3-meter, defeating the runner up by almost 30 points. Burks' 1-meter score is good enough to rank her second in the WAC this season while she remains fourth in the 3-meter event.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2015 WAC Swimming and Diving Championship travels to Houston, Texas. The UNLV men's swim team captured the WAC title while the Northern Arizona women's team took the crown at the WAC championships last year.