WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Seattle U's Danika Himes and California Baptist's Kiree Lowe have been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for Oct. 15-22.
Himes, a freshman from Sammamish, Wash., managed four first-place finishes in all four of her individual events as the Redhawks took on Loyola Marymount and Grand Canyon over the weekend. Her top performance came in the 200 breast where she took first, finishing with the fastest time in the WAC thus far (2:20.05). This mark is also good for the 113th fastest 200 breast time in the nation. Himes also posted the top time in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.39), 200 individual medley (2:07.99) and 200 back (2:05.89).
Lowe, a sophomore from Clovis, Calif., posted two top-three finishes as California Baptist hosted the Lancer Diving Invite. Lowe finished in second at the 3-meter height with a score of 249.40, which is good for fourth in the conference thus far. The California native also managed a third-place finish in the 1-meter diving event (230.65), finishing ahead of seven other divers from the likes of Azusa Pacific, UC San Diego, Pacific and fellow conference member CSU Bakersfield.
Other swimmer nominees: Isabella Rhodes of California Baptist finished the weekend with a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:11.10) while also leading her team to three top-five finishes in relay events at the CSUB Sprint Classic and Roadrunner Invite... CSU Bakersfield's Jayssie Haynes picked up gold in both the 200 breast (2:22.65) and the 400 IM (4:27.73) as the 'Runners competed at the CSU Bakersfield Sprint Classic and Roadrunner Invite... Grand Canyon's Kelsey Andrusak recorded three first-place finishes as she finished with the top time in the 100 free (53.53), 200 free (1:54.38) and 200 fly (2:05.14), competing against Loyola Marymount and Seattle U over the weekend.
Other diver nominee: CSU Bakersfield's Lauren Carson posted a sixth-place finish at the Lancer Diving Invite as she scored a 204.60 in the 3-meter diving event.