TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Maria Brunlehner and Northern Arizona's Victoria Knapp has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week for Nov. 3 through 8.
Brunlehner, a freshman from Mombasa, Kenya, opened the week with a second place finish in the 200 individual medley with an altitude adjusted time of 2:06.90 that now tops the WAC. To end the first day, she anchored the Lopes' winning 400 freestyle relay (3:29.87) clocking a split time of 51.05. On the second day of the meet Brunlehner anchored the opening 400 medley relay where the Lopes snag another win, she then picked up her first individual win in the 100 freestyle (51.68) with a time that puts her second in the WAC season best. She closed the week opening the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:34.76.
Knapp, a sophomore from Mesa, Ariz., topped the WAC and scored NCAA zone qualifying scores in both the 3-meter and 1-meter events. She opened the week winning the 1-meter with a score of 299.78 and proceeded to win the 3-meter with a new personal best score of 319.43, contributing to NAU's win over New Mexico, Saturday.
Other swimmer nominee: California Baptist's Patricia Van Law had individual wins in the 100 backstroke (58.41), 200 backstroke (2:04.51), and the 200 individual medley (2:07.69) on Saturday's win over Cal Poly ... Idaho's Laura Rodriguez-Fernandez won the 100 (1:07.07) and 200 breastroke (2:23.16), on Saturday's win over Seattle U ... NM State's Aimee Burton won the 50 freestyle (24.27) and 100 butterfly (57.60) on their dual meet against SMU, Friday ... Northern Arizona's Cayla Jago won the 100 butterfly with an impressive altitude adjusted time of 55.57 three tens of a second off her personal best on their dual meet against New Mexico, Saturday ... Northern Colorado's Maddy Moore won the 100 freestyle (51.47) and finished second in the 50 freestyle (23.36) ... Seattle U's Sammy Mosier won two individual events, the 100 freestyle (53.47) and 100 butterfly (58.83) on Saturday's dual meet against Idaho.
Other diver nominee: California Baptist's Paula De Moya finished first in the 3-meter (265.80) and second in the 1-meter (246.08) in their dual meet against Cal Poly, Saturday ... Grand Canyon's Shiori Bak won her first event this season in the platform (235.73) with an NCAA zone qualifying score, she finished second in the 1-meter (219.68) and fourth in the 3-meter (231.30), Friday through Saturday ... Northern Colorado's Angeline Settle led the Bears diving team finishing third and fourth in the 1- meter (205.58) and 3-meter (196.05), respectively, on Thursday's win over Wyoming.