DENVER - Northern Arizona's Monique King has been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week, respectively, for Nov. 28-Dec. 4.
King, a junior from Browns Bay, Auckland, set two top conference times in the WAC in the 500 and mile freestyle. In the mile, King placed 14th - the highest individual finish by an NAU swimmer - with a career-best time of 16:42.36, which ranks first in the conference this season. Likewise, her 500 freestyle time of 4:50.40 ranks first in the WAC and earned her a 27th place finish. Her 500 freestyle time also vaulted her into third on NAU's all-time performance list. King also set a new season-best time in the 200 freestyle and was part of NAU's 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams that set new season-bests.
Other swimmer nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Jayssie Haynes competed at the US Winter Nationals and broke into CSUB's Top 5 all-time list for the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:05.50, while also finishing the 200 breast in 2:18.48 and 100 breast in 1:04.63… Seattle U's Bryn Lasher set a school record in the 100 fly with a 55.58 in the prelims and recorded the seventh-best 200 fly in program history with a time of 2:06.38.