HILLSBORO, Ore. - The Northwest Conference is proud to announce its Student-Athletes of the Week in swimming for the week of January 16th to 23rd.
Women’s Swimming Student-Athlete of the Week
Kate Walkup|Linfield University| SR | Eugene, Ore.| South Eugene
Walkup won four individual events and was a part of two winning relay teams as Linfield had a successful weekend with wins over fellow NWC powers Whitman and Whitworth. She was responsible for 18 individual points in each dual meet. Against the Blues, Walkup was a member of the winning 200 yard medley relay team that finished first in 1:51.09, three seconds ahead of Whitman's top squad. She earned top honors in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 59.97 seconds before winning the 100 yard backstroke in 1:01.19. In Saturday's Senior Day rout of Whitworth, Walkup took the 200 yard freestyle in 2:00.81. She came back to clock 2:11.50 in a winning effort in the 200 yard backstroke. She capped off her weekend by helping the Wildcats' 400 yard freestyle relay squad win by more than 10 seconds at 3:45.61.
Men’s Swimming Student-Athlete of the Week
Tanner Filion| Whitman College| SR | Louisville, Colo.| Monarch
Led team to a 1-1 weekend... vs. Linfield, victory in the 1650 free (17:05.00). Tanner Filion delivered three top finishes in the loss. He was joined by Andrew Hanson, Jackson Masson and Ruru Rajbhandari for a win in the 200 medley relay (12:36.39), then mowed down the competition in the 200 free (1:40.42) and 100 free (46.76)....vs Pacific, In addition, Tanner Filion had the opportunity to swim in a new event, the 200 IM, and flourished, breaking the previous school record by nearly four seconds with a 1.50.45, surpassing the record set by Sean Terada in 2015 with a 1.54.11.