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March 18, 2008
UAA Athlete of the Week
MM• Priya Srikanth (Washington): The senior diver turned in All-America performances in the one-meter and three-meter springboards at the 2008 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH. Srikanth registered personal bests in both events, placing fifth in the one-meter board with a score of 433.90 points, and finishing eighth in the three-meter board with a score of 382.90 points. Her performances helped the Bears to a sixth-place finish out of 53 scoring teams.
MM• Ruth Westby (Emory): The sophomore garnered individual All-America accolades in three freestyle sprint events, including a national championship in one of them, during the 2008 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH, helping the Eagles to a fourth-place finish out of 53 scoring teams. Westby became the 11th Emory female swimmer to claim a national title with her victory in the 50-yard freestyle on the opening day of competition, posting a school-record time of 23.40 seconds. She also added All-American efforts with third-place finishes in both the 100-yard (:51.20) and 200-yard (1:50.59) freestyles. Westby also swam on three All-America relays, helping the 200-yard freestyle relay to a fourth-place finish (1:36.38), the 800-yard freestyle relay to a third-place finish (7:34.57), and the 400-yard freestyle relay to a sixth-place finish (3:30.77).
Honor Roll
MM• Ellie Elgamal (Chicago): The freshman garnered honorable mention All-America honors with a 15th-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (58.87) at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH.
MM• Molly Evans (Carnegie Mellon): The freshman became the first Tartan female swimmer to earn All-America honors in the backstroke with her respective finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard events at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH. Evans broke her own school records in both events, finishing second at 200 yards (2:01.44) and fourth at 100-yards (:57.53). She also garnered honorable mention All-America honors with a ninth-place showing in the 500-yard freestyle, smashing the school record with a time of 4:57.59.
MM• Meredith Nordbrock (Washington): The senior garnered individual All-America honors in three events and swam on four All-America relays in leading the Bears to a sixth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH. Nordbrock established new school records with a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.97), a fourth-place showing in the 400-yard individual medley (4:22.19) and a fifth-place performance in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.97). She was also a member of the Bears’ fifth-place 400-medley relay (3:55.22), fourth-place 800-yard freestyle relay (7:36.71), and fifth-place 200-yard medley (1:47.38) and 400-yard freestyle (3:30.85 - school record) relays.
MM• Chelsea Pfohl (NYU): The freshman earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH. Pfohl swam a school-record time of 56.55 seconds in the finals, eclipsing the mark of 56.99 seconds she set in te preliminary heats.
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