Swimming & Diving Release #7
Dec. 4, 2007
Indianapolis -
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MALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Jakub Dobies
Cleveland State
Sophomore
Plock, Poland
Dobies had another banner week as he posted NCAA `B' qualifying marks in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events with times of 54.03 and 2:00.43, respectively, at the Miami (OH) Invitational last weekend. His efforts in both events are competitive nationally, and at the top of the League this season. His time in the 200 was a Viking school record and a Horizon League record, and his 100 mark was a pool and an invitational record. Dobies led off the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays by setting school records in the 50 (20.70) and 100-yard freestyles (44.62), respectively. He also helped five relays score points for CSU.
FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Danielle DeGrand
Green Bay
Junior
Green Bay, Wis.
DeGrand was a standout at the House of Champions Meet, winning two individual events and leading off four winning relay teams. She won the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.40) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.73), while also posting a runner-up finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.62). Her efforts helped the Phoenix to a second-place finish among eight teams at the event.
MALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
PJ Rongitsch
Milwaukee
Sophomore
Eagan, Minn.
Rongitsch was the top Panther finisher in each diving event at the Miami (OH) Invitational, where he competed against 12 other Division I programs. He placed seventh overall in the finals on the one-meter board with a score of 217.45 after posting a 259.60 total in the preliminaries. He also placed third in the three-meter with a score of 312.10.
FEMALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
Ashley Hall
Milwaukee
Junior
New Berlin, Wis.
Hall competed against 15 other teams at the Miami (OH) Invite, where she placed first overall on the three-meter board with a season-high total of 296.05. She also earned third-place on the one-meter board (269.90). Both scores were NCAA Zone-Qualifying totals.
Other Men's Top Performers
Andrew Gelden
Green Bay
Fr. Kenosha, Wis.
Gelden helped the Phoenix to a second-place finish among six teams at the House of Champions Invitational by posting three runner-up individual finishes in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.13), the 400-yard IM (4:16.19), and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.46). He also swam on four relays for Green Bay.
Bobby Balow
Green Bay
Sr. Racine, Wis.
Balow was the top Phoenix finisher in both diving events at the House of Champions Meet, as he earned fifth-place in the one-meter event (236.75) and sixth-place on the three-meter board (254.40).
Chase Gravengood
Milwaukee
Sr., Oconomowoc, Wis.
Gravengood helped the Panthers to their second-straight team title at the Wheaton Invitational, winning all three of his individual events. His winning time of 3:59.32 in the 400-yard individual medley established a new Milwaukee school record as well as a new pool and meet standard. He also set a meet and pool mark in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:50.66, and won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:50.80. All of his performances produced season-best times.
Evan Dunn
UIC
Fr., Edmond, Okla.
Dunn earned sixth-place in the finals of the 200-yard butterfly (1:52.66), while finishing 11th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:06.36), 14th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.58) and 17th in the 200 IM (1:59.51). He also participated on three relay teams for the Flames.
Tristan Oleynik
UIC
Jr., Wheaton, Ill.
Oleynik placed ninth on the one-meter board with a score of 227.65 and 12th in the three-meter event with a total of 214.60.
Other Women's Top Performers
Elizabeth Shafer
Butler
Sr., Franklin, Ind.
Shafer posted three season-best times during the House of Champions Invite last weekend, earning 13th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:02.70), 17th-place in the 500-yard freestyle (5:24.04), and 21st in the 100-yard freestyle (56.82).
Lesley Jones
Cleveland State
Sr., Mentor, Ohio
As the top Vikings performer last weekend, Jones set new personal-best marks in the 50-yard freestyle (24.53) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.18), finishing in 17th-place in both events. She also contributed to several relays throughout the meet.
Kari Helland
Green Bay
Sr., Wayzata, Minn.
Helland was the team's top performer on the boards in both events at the House of Champions Invitational last weekend. She placed second among 21 competitors in the three-meter event (224.30) and fourth among 21 divers on the one-meter board (223.30).
Molly Finn
Milwaukee
Jr., Pewaukee, Wis.
Finn led the Panthers to their third-straight title at the Wheaton Invitational. She earned a victory in the 200-yard butterfly with a meet-record time of 2:05.32, just .31 seconds off of the school record. She also took second-place in both the 200 and 400-yard individual medley races, recording season-best times of 2:08.72 and 4:32.15, respectively. Finn also swam on four relay teams, including two which earned first-place.
Andrea Giczewski
UIC
Sr., Livonia, Mich.
Giczewski finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle at the Miami (OH) Invitational with a season-best effort of 24.00. She also posted a sixth-place showing in the 100-yard freestyle (52.08) and led off the seventh-place 800-yard and the 14th-place 200-yard freestyle relay teams.
Sonia Peterson
UIC
Fr., Morton Grove, Ill.
Peterson earned 20th-place in the one-meter (195.50) and the three-meter (190.90) at the Miami (OH) Invitational.
Previous Weekly Award Winners
Men's Swimmers of the Week
October 17, Alex Hill, Green Bay
October 24, Warren Thompson, WSU
October 31, Aaron Eckstein, WSU
November 7, Dave Duecker, CSU
November 13, Jakub Dobies, CSU
November 20, Jakub Dobies, CSU
Men's Divers of the Week
October 17, PJ Rongitsch, Milwaukee
October 24, Bobby Balow, Green Bay
October 31, Dan Baiko, Cleveland State
November 7, Dan Baiko, CSU
November 13, PJ Rongitsch, Milwaukee
November 20, Tristan Oleynik, UIC
Women's Swimmers of the Week
October 17, Andrea Giczewski, UIC
October 24, Jessica Wiedert, WSU
October 31, Krystyna Wieczerzak, WSU
November 7, Shannon Demrow, Green Bay
November 13, Andrea Giczewski, UIC
November 20, Kelly Hashoian, UIC
Women's Divers of the Week
October 17, Ashley Hall, Milwaukee
October 24, Kari Helland, Green Bay
October 31, Lauren McGraw, Green Bay
November 7, Kari Helland, Green Bay
November 13, Ashley Hall, Milwaukee
November 20, Sonia Peterson, UIC
