DENVER - Grand Canyon's Diana Jaruskeviciute and NM State's Raina Brommer have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for Jan. 1-Jan. 8.
Jaruskeviciute, a freshman from Kaunas, Lithuania produced two individual and two relay first place finishes as she helped her team defeat both NM State and California Baptist but fell short to Rice. Her best swim of the meet was the 50 free as she posted a time of 23.56 which was ranked second of the meet by collegeswimming.com. Then she competed in the 100 butterfly and finished with a time of 57.35. Jaruskeviciute was also part of two relay teams which the 400 free relay (3:28.29) broke the pool record by over three seconds. She also helped her 200 medley relay team finish in 1:44.39.
Brommer, a junior from Riverside, Calif., finished the weekend with three first place finishes competing against Arizona, Grand Canyon, Rice and California Baptist. On Friday, she posted a score of 288.95 in the three-meter diving event at Arizona. She then finished with a score of 276.95 in the one-meter event on Saturday, as well as a 291.90 in the three-meter event.
Other swimmer nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Maddie Cosgrove came in first in the 200 fly (2:05.57), second in the 100 free (52.54) and fifth in the 100 fly (58.94), while helping her 400 free relay team to a second place victory (3:34.72)… Northern Arizona's Monique King finished third in the 1,000 with a time of 10:14.90 and second in the 500 free (4:58.78)… Seattle U's Madi Lydig won three individual and helped with three relay events, including 100 back (59.89), 200 free (1:58.22), 500 free (5:03.72), 200 free relay (1:41.74), 400 free relay (3:41.55) and 400 medley relay (4:05.61).
Other diver nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Hannah Chernabaeff finished first in the one-meter diving event with a score of 253.65 and second in the three-meter event with a 243.00. Northern Arizona's Tatiana Kurach placed first in the one-meter diving event scoring a 303.50 over No. 17 Arizona, NM State and Rice, while also placing fourth in the three-meter event with a score of 275.55.