TicketSmarter WAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Jack Armstrong and Isaac Poole has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week for February 2 through 6.
Armstrong, a sophomore from Manvel, Texas, collected three first-place finishes at the Lopes' win over UNLV, Saturday. He won the 50 (20.02) and 100 freestyle (43.93) events, both with WAC top-10 performances according to SwimCloud. He got this third win in the 100 butterfly with a time of 48.55 seconds.
Poole, a sophomore from Shoreline, Wash., swept the diving events at the Lopes' dual meet win over UNLV. He won both the 1-meter with a score of 320.03) and 3-meter with 320.93, scoring NCAA Zone Qualifying on both events.
Other swimmer nominee: Seattle U's Cole Lanting collected three wins in the 200 individual medley (1:55.21), 100 freestyle (46.80) and 200 freestyle relay (1:26.35) in the Redhawks' win over Southwest Oregon CC, Saturday … UNLV's Panos Bolanos remains undefeated in the 200 backstroke (1:47.86) while also winning the 200 freestyle (1:40.20) in the Rebels' dual meet against Grand Canyon.
Other diver nominees: California Baptist's Evan Honer placed fourth in the 1-meter with an NCAA Zone Qualifying score of 337.7 and seventh in the platform (292.25) at Air Force Diving Invite.