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This Week in the WAC
Air Force
Air Force won four dual meets last weekend and remained perfect on the season at 13-0 overall … The Falcons beat South Dakota (132-92) and Seattle (139-85) on Friday and then beat South Dakota (136-91) and Seattle (143-83) on Saturday. Air Force travels to UNLV for a dual meet on Jan. 23.
CSU Bakersfield
The Roadrunner divers took on the UCLA Diving Invitational Jan. 15-17, tackling both the 1- and 3-meter boards as well as getting their first shot of the season at the platform. The meet featured highly-talented competition from schools of the likes of UCLA, USC, Utah, and Cal.
Northern Colorado
UNC defeated South Dakota both days, but fell to Air Force and Seattle both days.
Seattle U
Seattle University women improved its dual meet record to 11-5 with two wins over South Dakota and two victories over fellow WAC swimming member Northern Colorado in back-to-back meets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Blaise Wittenauer-Lee earned five individual victories over the weekend, plus she led the 400 medley relay to victory to open the weekend's competition. Seattle University men picked up victories over South Dakota in back-to-back meets over the weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Redhawks defeated the Coyotes in almost every event throughout the two meets. Alec Barnard posted a solid time of 1:56.14 Friday in the 200 butterfly, while Morgan Montemayor did well in the 100 backstroke Saturday with a time of 51.63 seconds
WAC Swimmer & Diver of the Week
Air Force Academy's Andrew Faciszewski and Nathanael Zillweger have been named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the week, respectively, for Jan. 11-17.
Faciszewski, a junior from Bluffton, S.C. (Bluffton HS) won two grueling races, the 1000 free and the 400 IM … the two events came within a span of 30 minutes. Faciszewski swam the 1,000 free with a time of 9:46.93 and swam the 400 IM with a time of 4:12.83.
Zillweger, a senior from Phoenix (Willow Canyon) won every event he competed in to help lead Air Force to four dual meets last weekend. He scored a 315.45 and 311.10 on the 3-meter and a 273.90 and 291.90 on the 1-meter.
Seattle U's Blaise Wittenauer-Lee and CSU Bakersfield's Carlee Burks have been named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the week, respectively, for Jan. 11-17.
Wittenauer-Lee earned five individual wins and one relay victory over the weekend as Seattle U competed in back-to-back meets at the U.S. Air Force Academy. She started Friday's meet by anchoring the 400 medley relay, posting a 100 free split of 51.48 seconds, fastest among all of the anchor legs, to help the Redhawks win the event with a total time of 3:56.86, ninth-best in program history. Wittenauer-Lee was a major reason Seattle U picked up two victories over South Dakota and two wins over conference rival Northern Colorado over the weekend.
Burks, a junior from Bakersfield, Calif. (Centennial HS) continued an outstanding season by putting her skills to the test against some of the nation's top talents featuring schools like UCLA, USC, Utah, and Cal. Burks opened the meet with a solid score of 274.60 to finish 13th among 45 women in the 1-meter competition. Her score would have been good enough to qualify for the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships had she not already done so earlier this season.She went on to impress the judges on Saturday with a fifth-place finish on the 3-meter board. Burks' score of 313.50 was her second best of the season after she smashed the CSUB record last week (337.28), but qualified her for the Zone E meet in March in her second 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.
February 24-27
Location: Houston
Host: UTRGV
Pool: CRWC Natatorium
Admission: Free
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2016 Swimming and Diving NCAA Championships travel to Atlanta, Mar. 24-26.