TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Marina McInelly and Sara Lameiro Castellanos has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for Jan. 20 - Jan. 26.
McInelly, a junior from Gilbert, Ariz., swam hard this week against CBU. McInelly touched the wall first in the 100 Breast at 1:03.00, now holding the fourth spot in the WAC. She later came in first in the 200 Breast at a 2:18.50. McInelly also swam in the 200 IM, where she came in third with a time of 2:09.18.
Castellanos, a freshman from Madrid, Spain, competed in the 1-meter dive this weekend and received a score of 290.05 earning first place. She also beat her WAC opponents in the 3-meter dive as well with a score of 325.10.
Other swimmer nominees: CBU's Isabella Rhodes had a first-place finish in the 200 IM(2:08.64), second-place in the 100 Free (52.89) and fourth in the 100 Back (59.30)... Northern Arizona's Elisa Rodriguez had a season-best first-place win in the 50 Free (23.25) and first in the 100 Free (51.39).
Other diver nominees: CBU's Savannah Uhlir finished second on the 3-meter (261.40) and fourth on the 1-meter (246.85)... Northern Arizona's Jenny Cheetham came in first-place in both events (1m;283.2, 3m;290.85).