Green Bay and Cleveland State athletes honored for swimming, diving performances

Jan. 21, 2009

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SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK

Todd Winchell
Cleveland State
Junior
Rochester, N.Y.


In the Vikings' 139-62 victory over Xavier on Jan. 10, Winchell won the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.36) and 100-yard butterfly (51.21) while also swimming the fly leg of CSU's winning 200-yard medley relay. Against Oakland on Jan. 16, he added another individual victory in the 100 fly (50.02), and took second-place in the 100-yard backstroke (52.23). Winchell also led off the runner-up medley relay team with a season-best time of 24.03.

Shannon Demrow
Green Bay
Sophomore
Algonquin, Ill.


Demrow won two individual events as the Phoenix defeated UIC 164.5-72.5 last weekend. She posted victories in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.45) and 500 free (5:07.65). Demrow also had the fastest split in the 400-yard freestyle relay (53.04) as her team won the event with a time of 3:35.37. The Phoenix are 8-0 in dual meets so far this season.

DIVERS OF THE WEEK

Brandon Kuntz
Green Bay
Senior
Pulaski, Wis.


Kuntz won the three-meter diving event in Green Bay's dual meet loss against UIC, posting a score of 258.38. He also placed second on the one-meter board by just over seven points (263.70).

Kayla Deters
Green Bay
Sophonore
Sauk Rapids, Minn.


Deters won her first career event in the three-meter diving competition to help the Phoenix to a 164.5-72.5 win over the Flames on Saturday. She posted a score of 237.45 while taking second-place in the one-meter event (204.90).

Other Men's Top Performers

Matt DiMasso
Cleveland State
Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio
DiMasso took second-place in both the one-meter (217.95) and three-meter (228.90) diving events against Oakland on Jan. 16.

Alex Hill
Green Bay
Jr., Lakeville, Minn.
Hill was the lone event winner for the Phoenix in a dual loss to UIC. He took the title in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.56) and the 100 free (46.66), and also helped the second-place 400-yard medley relay team to a time a 3:30.30.

Kevin Heger
UIC
Fr., Rockford, Ill.
Heger placed fourth in the one-meter (226.73) and three-meter boards (222.60) in UIC's victory over Green Bay last weekend.

Luke Martinez
UIC
Fr., Sugar Grove, Ill.
Martinez won two individual events as the Flames swam to victory over Green Bay on Saturday. He took the 400-yard individual medley (4:03.90) and 500-yard freestyle (4:41.96).

Zach Fisher
Wright State
Sr., Columbus, Ohio
Fisher won the 50-yard freestyle at Xavier on Saturday with a pool-record time of 20.75. He helped the 400-yard medley and freestyle relays to pool records while also posting the individual pool mark in his lead-off leg of the 400 free relay (46.69).

Other Women's Top Performers

Leigh Weston
Butler
So., Pendleton, Ind.
Weston picked up the Bulldogs' only victory at the University of Indianapolis Invitational in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.79. She also placed third in the 50-yard breaststroke (33.17), seventh in the 50-yard freestyle (28.01) and 11th in the 100 free (1:01.11).

Carys Behn
Cleveland State
Fr., Westville, South Africa
Behn won five individual events during the last two weekends of competition. She posted victories against Xavier on Jan. 10 in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.59), 100-yard butterfly (59.13) and 500-yard free (5:09.37). On Jan. 16 against Oakland, Behn claimed her third school record of the season with a time of 10:23.19 in the 1,000-yard freestyle and a second-place finish behind a swimmer from Oakland. She also won the 100 fly (58.85) and 100 free (53.23) as the Vikings dropped a 172-120 decision to Oakland.

Liz Victor
Cleveland State
Fr., Mentor, Ohio
Victor recorded a personal-best score of 169.95 on the one-meter board against Oakland last weekend, placing fourth in the event. She also placed third in the three-meter event (147.52).

Laurel Heath
UIC
So., Long Grove, Ill.
Heath placed third in the one-meter (200.93) and three-meter (207.90) diving events against Green Bay.

Kayla Redig
UIC
Jr., Downers Grove, Ill.
Redig tied for second-place in the 50-yard freestyle (24.92) and won the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.14) against Green Bay last weekend.

Kelsey Cooper
Wright State
Sr., Springfield, Ohio
Cooper helped the Raiders to a dual meet victory over Xavier with two individual wins and a relay triumph. She won the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.29), 100-yard free (53.45) and led off the fastest 400-yard freestyle relay (3:36.41).

Caitlin Cook
Youngstown State
So., Charleston, W. Va.
Cook won the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.78) and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.69) in YSU's dual against St. Francis (Pa.) last weekend.

Amanda Carpin
Youngstown State
So., Erie, Pa.
As the lone diver against Saint Francis, Carpin posted career-high scores of 218.75 on the one-meter and 221.10 in the three-meter event to move her into sixth-place in YSU history.