2007-08 NE-10 Swimming & Diving
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March 17, 2008
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Northeast-10 Men’s Swimming Athlete of the Week
Ben Prue, Southern Connecticut (Jr., Alpharetta, Ga.) - Earned
All-America honors in the 200-yard butterfly at NCAA Championships
as he placed fourth with a time of 1:49.45. Also placed 10th in the
200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:50.55.
Northeast-10 Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week
Kristen Frost, Southern Connecticut (So., Madison, Conn.) - Won
four national championships and set three NCAA Division II records
at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Broke
her own national record in the 1,000-yard freestyle by over three
seconds with a time of 9:50.49. Won the 200-yard freestyle with a
time of 1:48.15. Nipped the national record by under two seconds
with a time of 4:45.69 in the 500-yard freestyle. Capped the week
by breaking the 11-year-old national record in the 1650-yard
freestyle by just under 11 seconds and winning the meet by over 25
seconds with a time of 16:17.66.
Northeast-10 Men’s Diving Athlete of the Week
Brandon Birchak, Saint Rose (Sr., Latham, N.Y.) - Finished second
on the one and three-meter boards at the NCAA Division II Swimming
and Diving Championships last week. Recorded 508.90 points but was
edged by a mere 11.85 points in the one-meter event to prevent him
from defending his national championship. On the three-meter board,
registered 498.65 points to finish second again with a mere 4.95
points separating him from a second straight national title in the
event.
Northeast-10 Women’s Diving Athlete of the Week
No Nominations
Northeast-10 Men’s Freshman of the Week
No Nominations
Northeast-10 Women’s Freshman of the Week
No Nominations
Weekly Honor Roll:
Alison Lesher, Le Moyne (So., Sherril, N.Y.) - Became the first
Dolphin to win an individual national championship in program
history as she placed first in the 200 butterfly at the 2008 NCAA
Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Additionally, she
earned All-America honors in two other events, placing seventh in
the 1000 and 1650 freestyle.
Jason Flores, Southern Connecticut (Sr., New Haven, Conn.) - Picked
up All-America honors as he scored 406 points to place eighth in
one-meter diving.
Cody Hall, Southern Connecticut (So., Parker, Colo.) - Swam in
three events and garnered All-America honors in two of them at the
NCAA Championships. Finished eighth in the 500-yard freestyle with
a time of 5:07.39. Placed sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle with a
time of 17:22.67. Also narrowly missed All-America accolades in the
1000-yard freestyle as she finished ninth with a time of
10:26.84.
Emily Sundel, Southern Connecticut (So., West Hartford, Conn.) -
Earned All-America honors in the 1650-yard freestyle as she
finished eighth with a time of 17:25.64. Also placed 10th in the
1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:28.90.
Dan Vitagliano, Southern Connecticut (Sr., New Haven, Conn.) -
Garnered All-America accolades with a sixth-place finish in the
200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:39.64.
Weekly Notes:
NORTHEAST-10: Southern Connecticut’s Kristen
Frost and Le Moyne’s Alison Lesher became the first women
swimmers to win a National Championship in Northeast-10 history.
Frost claimed the National Championship in the 1,000 Freestyle, 200
Freestyle, 500 Freestyle and the 1650 Freestyle. Lesher finished
first in the 200 Butterfly to garner the National Championship.
