NEW ORLEANS - Three divers and one swimmer from the University of New
Orleans swimming and diving teams garnered Sun Belt Conference honors,
it was announced on Wednesday afternoon.
The
awards, which represent all competition held through this past weekend
went to
Cristina Lay,
Kelly Swartzbaugh,
Johnny DeMaine and
Jonathan
Field.
Lay, named the women's swimmer of the week, became just
the second Privateer swimmer to earn the honor in school history,
following
Sarah Gros who received the distinction twice during the
2005-06 season.
On the season, the native of Peru is an unblemished 6-0 in
individual events. In the season opener against Incarnate Word on Oct.
10, Lay picked up wins in the 100 fly (59.84), 200 fly (2:09.37) and
200 IM (2:11.77). She also added a win in the 400 medley relay
(4:01.25) to go undefeated in the dual against UIW.
Last
weekend against North Texas, Lay won the 100 fly (59.25), 200 fly
(2:08.99) and 200 IM (2:11.77) while being a part of the second-place
400 medley (4:03.48).
The other three recognized came in diving
where Swartzbaugh was named women's diver of the week while Field and
DeMaine shared the men's honors, the first honors of the kind for UNO.
The
first two divers in the history of the Privateer men's team, DeMaine
(249.38) and Field (216.90) went 1-2 in the 1-meter dive to pull within
reach of passing up UIW in the team score besting two UIW divers. To
that point in the meet, the Privateers were playing catch-up against
their foe and needed wins in the final three events to take the dual.
Earlier
in the dual, the two divers had flipped places in the 3-meter
dive with Field (257.03) finishing first and DeMaine (247.50) second.
Swartzbaugh
opened her collegiate career with a win in the 3-meter dive (185.15)
and followed it up with a win in the 1-meter dive (226.35) for the UNO
women, besting three members from UIW in both events.
The
freshman from St. Louis, Mo. followed it up with two second-place
finishes against North Texas, falling by small margins in the 1-meter
dive (217.13) and 3-meter dive (202.95).
The Privateer men and
women will hit the road this weekend for a Friday dual at Southern
Illinois before competing against the University of the Cumberlands and
host Western Kentucky on Saturday.
