TicketSmarter WAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – UNLV's Chris Mykkanen and Air Force's Alex Kenyon has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week for Jan. 5 through 9.
Mykkanen, a junior from Newport Beach, Calif., went two for two in the Rebels' win over Santa Barbara, Saturday. He posted a win in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:38.85 and another in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:33.57, his times are the 15th and 14th fastest in the WAC for the respective events this season.
Kenyon, a freshman from Bloomfield, N.Y., also went two for two in Air Force's double dual win over Colorado Mesa and Mines, Friday. He won the 1-meter dive with a score of 300.30 points and the 3-meter with a score of 371.10, highest score in the WAC for the event this season.
Other swimmer nominee: Air Force's Wen Zhang won three events in the Falcon's double win this weekend. He picked up wins in the 200 freestyle (1:40.70), 100 freestyle (45.70) and 500 freestyle (4:45.88) …. California Baptist's Remi Fabiani picked up two individual wins on the Lancers' win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripts, Friday. He won the 100 freestyle (46.20) and 200 freestyle (1:41.47).
Othe diver nominees: California Baptist's Jacob Penman won and set two career highs on their win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripts, Saturday. He scored 277.43 points in the 1-meter and 278.78 in the 3-meter.