Milwaukee Swimmers And Diver Honored By Horizon League
Dec. 11, 2007
MILWAUKEE - Three members of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee swimming & diving team have been selected for weekly honors by the Horizon League, the league office announced today. Junior diver Ashley Hall was recognized in and out of the classroom, as she was tabbed Horizon League Female Diver of the Week and as the U.S. Army Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week. She has now earned both honors in back-to-back weeks and league diver of the week four times this season. Complete Horizon League Release in PDF Format
Senior Chase Gravengood and junior Molly Finn were also cited as the Horizon League Male and Female Swimmers of the Week. The award is the first of the season for both. Hall continues to dominate her competition, as she swept the diving events in both dual meets last weekend, giving her 12 victories in 16 attempts. She recorded winning totals of 248.55 and 248.40 on the one-meter against South Dakota State and Valparaiso, respectively. Her three-meter scores were both zone-qualifying performances, as she posted marks of 286.88 against SDSU on Friday, and 280.73 against Valpo on Saturday. Gravengood had a terrific weekend in the pool, winning all five of his individual events and both relays he swam with to lead Milwaukee to two dual wins. On Friday against SDSU, he won the 200 IM in 1:53.98 and the 200 breaststroke in a season-best 2:08.96. He also helped the 400 medley relay team to a victory. Saturday was even better, winning all three of his individual events while also swimming with the first-place 200 medley relay team against Valpo. He won the 100 butterfly in a season-best 50.78, setting a new Klotsche Natatorium record in the process. He swept the fly events with a win in the 200 in 1:53.72 and also claimed first place in the 400 IM in 4:07.17. Finn was one of the biggest contributors to UWM winning both of its dual meets this weekend, as she won all four of her individual events against South Dakota State Friday and Valparaiso Saturday. Friday, she also helped the 400 medley relay team to a win before taking home the victories in the 200 IM in 2:10.28 and the 200 butterfly in 2:06.47. She swept the butterfly events Saturday, winning the 100 in 59.32 and the 200 in 2:06.76. These are the fourth and fifth awards for the Panther women this year after winning league swimmer or diver accolades 12 times last season and also the fourth for the Panther men this year after winning league swimmer or diver accolades twice last season. Milwaukee is off for the rest of the semester, returning to the pool next year when it heads to Florida for its annual training trip, starting Jan. 3.
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