DENVER - Grand Canyon's Alyssa Christianson and Idaho's Janelle Lucas have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for Oct. 2-9.
Christianson, a sophomore from Montrose, Colo., posted the best scores in the WAC in the 200 breast (2:19.61) and 200 medley (2:07.59) while right behind her teammate in the 400 medley (4:30.44). She came in first place in the 200 breast which was ranked the 17th best swim of the Florida International University Fall Classic. She helped her team get third place beating out Texas Christian, Army, George Washington and Florida Atlantic and just falling to host Florida International and Buffalo.
Lucas, a junior from Mission Viejo, Calif., earned two wins and two runner-up finishes this past weekend as she competed against College of Idaho and Boise State. She won both 3-meter springboard competitions with a 248.55 score at College of Idaho and qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships with her score of 288.90 at Boise State. She came in second at College of Idaho in the 1-meter (256.60) as well as at Boise State (260.33).
Other swimmer nominee: CSU Bakersfield's Jayssie Haynes had near personal best times in both the 200 free (1:53.55) and 500 free (5:00.12) against Southern California and Oregon State.
Other diver nominee: Grand Canyon's Menna Elmidany placed third in the 3-meter springboard (243.80) and fifth in the 1-meter (230.80) events.