2001-02 NWC Student-Athletes of the Week

Northwest Conference Swimmers of the Week

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Feb. 3

NWC Men's Swimmer of the Week: Kris Sletten (PLU, Fr., Seattle, Wash.) finished second in the 100 Free (50.39) vs. UPS and won both the 50 Free (23.19) and 100 Free (50.22) against Linfield.

NWC Women's Swimmer of the Week: Lyndsey Downs (Whitworth, Sr., Seattle, Wash.) led the Pirates past Whitman College by winning the 1,650 Freestyle (19:40.11) and the 200 Breaststroke (2:34.12).
Honorable Mention: Annika Nelson (PLU) won both the 200 Fly (2:23.62) and 200 Breaststroke (2:36.23) vs. UPS, while winning the 400 I.M. (5:05.52) and finishing second in both the 100 Fly (1:04.23) and 100 Breaststroke (1:14.14) against Linfield.

Jan. 27

Men's Swimmer of the Week: Brent Rice (Whitworth, Sr., Des Moines, Wash.) won the 100 Fly (51.48) and 200 I.M. (1:54.83) at the CWU Mini-invite in NWC-best and NCAA B qualifying times. He also swam on the 200 (1:36.40) and 400 (3:34.49) Medley Relays which set NWC-best times.
Honorable Mention: B.J. Wright (Willamette) won the 50 Free (22.48) and 100 Free (49.32) vs. PLU; Justin Lunday (Pacific Lutheran) won the 200 I.M. (2:04.57) and 200 Breast (2:29.33) in the Lutes' win at Willamette; Keith Jarrett (Whitman) won the 100 Fly (59.83) and finished 2nd in the 50 Free (23.40) vs. UPS; Sherwin Baghai (Puget Sound) won the 100 Breast (1:02.64) and finished 3rd in the 50 Free (23.28) vs. CWU and also finished 2nd in both the 200 I.M. and 200 Fly vs. L&C.

Women's Swimmer of the Week: Annika Nelson (PLU, Sr., Burlington, Wash.) led the Lutes to a win over Willamette by winning the 200 Butterfly (2:23.27), the 200 Breaststroke (2:37.15) and swimming on the winning 400 Free Relay (3:55.70).
Honorable Mention: Nadia Markovchick (Willamette) won the 100 Free (56.99), 200 Free (2:03.93) and 500 Free (5:39.74) in the loss to PLU; Alexis Jinbo-Doran (Whitman) won the 200 I.M. (2:25.41) and finished 2nd in the 100 Breaststroke (1:11.78) vs. Puget Sound; Susan Olson (Puget Sound) finished 3rd in the 100 Free (58.38) and 4th in the 200 I.M. (2:21.18) vs. CWU and won the 200 Fly (2:36.14 meters) and 200 Breaststroke (3:03.83 meters) vs. Lewis & Clark.

Jan. 20

Men's Swimmer of the Week: Ryan Freeman (Whitworth, Jr., Redmond, Wash.) won the 50 Free (22.28) and 100 Back (52.57) and led off a winning 200 Medley Relay (1:37.39) that set a new Whitworth Aquatic Center record on Friday Night. He went on to win the 50 Free (22.28) and 100 Free (48.88) vs. Willamette on Saturday.
Honorable Mention: Eric Brady (PLU) won the 200 Free (1:59.51), 100 Free (52.10) and was on the winning 400 Free Relay vs. Whitman; Owen Unbehaun (Whitman) won the 100 Breaststroke vs. Willamette and 200 Breaststroke vs. PLU; Joe Cerizo (L&C) won the 50 Free vs. both Evergreen St. and Linfield.

Women's Swimmer of the Week: Serena Fadel (Whitworth, Fr., Boise, Idaho) set a new school record and recorded a national qualifying time in the 200 Breaststroke (2:25.01) vs. Willamette. She also won the 200 I.M. (2:16.71) and finished 2nd in the 100 Breastroke on Friday night.
Honorable Mention: Nadia Markovchick (Willamette) won the 1,000 Free, 50 Free and 100 Fly vs. Whitman and won the 200 Free and 500 Free vs. Whitworth; Lauren Pawlawski (PLU) won the 1,650 Free (20:19.58), 500 Free (5:56.14) and swam on the winning 400 Free relay (4:05.62) vs. Whitman; Katie Imberg (Whitman) won the 100 Back vs. Willamette and 200 Back vs. PLU.

Dec. 9

Men's Swimmer of the Week: Craig Gonzales (Linfield, So., Carmel, Calif.) led all men's swimmers at the Northwest Invitational by winning three events. He won the 500 Freestyle (4:52.75), the 400 Individual Medley (4:16.98) and the 200 Butterfly (2:00.78).
Honorable Mention: Andrew Gehring (Whitworth) won the 100 Breaststroke (1:03.94) and placed second in the 200 Back (2:07.64) and 5th in the 50 Free (23.42) at the NW Invitational.

Women's Swimmer of the Week: Amy Singleton (Linfield, Jr, Yreka, Calif.) led the Wildcats to the women's team title at the Northwest Invitational by winning three individual events. She won the 200 Individual Medley (2:18.69), 100 Breaststroke (1:12.22) and the 1,650 Freestyle (19:20.87).
Honorable Mention: Alexis Jinbo-Doran (Whitman) led the Missionaries by placing second in the 200 Breaststroke, third in the 100 Breaststroke and 11th in the 200 I.M.

Dec. 2

Men's Swimmer of the Week: Kevin Wang (Whitworth, So., Redmond, Wash.) earned an NCAA Automatic qualifying time in the 400 I.M. (4:03.56) and NCAA B marks in the 500 Free (4:39.78) and 1,650 Free (16:13.64), leading the Pirates to a 3rd place finish at the University of Washington Husky Invitational.
Honorable Mention: Other NWC swimmers who earned NCAA B qualifying marks - Brent Rice (Whitworth) in the 200 I.M. (1:55.57) and 200 Butterfly (1:56.41); Sherwin Baghai (UPS) in the 100 Breaststroke (58.90); Cory Bergman (Whitworth) in the 200 Breaststroke (2:09.00); Ryan Freeman (Whitworth) in the 100 Backstroke (52.76).

Women's Swimmer of the Week: Carla Fellezs (Puget Sound, Sr., Millilani, Hawaii) earned three individual NCAA Automatic qualifying marks to lead the Loggers at the University of Washington Husky Invitational. She got the marks in the 50 Freestyle (24.08 - which is also a new UPS school record), 100 Free (52.47) and 100 Back (58.70). She also earned a B mark in the 200 Free (1:55.19).
Honorable Mention: Other NWC swimmers who earned NCAA B qualifying marks - Tag Diversi (UPS) in the 100 Fly (59.55) and 200 Fly (2:09.57); Michelle Rennie (UPS) in the 100 Breast (1:08.33) and 200 Breast (2:25.30); Mari Gantner (UPS) in the 50 Free (24.29); Susanne Olson (UPS) in the 100 Fly (1:00.01); Amanda Didier (UPS) in the 100 Breast (1:07.80); Serena Fadel (Whitworth) in the 400 I.M. (4:41.61).