2003-04 Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week
February 2, 2004-February 8, 2004
Swimming: Emily Viau, Fr., Apple Valley, MN
Viau played a large role in the Blugolds dual-meet victory over UW-Oshkosh. She claimed first place individually in the 500 and 1000-yard freestyle events winning by more than seven seconds in the 500 (5:27.24) and also winning by more than seven seconds in 1000 (11:13.64). She also was a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:49.98) and finished second place in the 100-yard freestyle (57.58).
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton
Bye helped the Blugolds to a victory over Oshkosh in a dual meet by taking second place in each of the diving events. Her score of 229.90 on the 1-meter board placed her second while she also finished runner-up on the 3-meter board with a score of 214.10.
January 26, 2004-February 1, 2004
Swimming: Liz VonFeldt, Sr., Lancaster
Von Feldt helped the Blugolds to a first place finish over River Falls and Whitewater as she finished with three first place finishes on the event. She took first individually in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:01.96 and the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:36.80. Von Feldt was also a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay team.
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton
Bye led Eau Claire to a triangular meet victory over River Falls and Whitewater as she won both diving events. She won the 1-meter event with a score of 227.35 while also taking first in the 3-meter event with a score of 230.40.
January 19, 2004-January 25, 2004
Swimming: Liz VonFeldt, Sr., Lancaster
Von Feldt led the Blugolds to a 145-97 dual meet victory over Macalester as she took first in three events. She won the 200 yard individual medley in a time of 2:16.78 while also taking first in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:23.67. She took her third first-place finish as a member of the Blugolds' 4x100 freestyle relay, which won in a time of 3:46.67.
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton
Bye won the 1-meter diving event in a dual meet victory with Macalester as she earned a score of 225.90 in the event. She also performed well on the 3-meter board, taking second place with a score of 210.60.
January 12, 2004-January 18, 2004
Swimming: Julia Mangini, So., Mendota Heights, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall)
Mangini took home two first place finishes from a dual meet with Hamline. She claimed first place in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:13.83 and was also a member of the first place 400 yard medley relay team, which won in a time of 4:19.30, exactly 10 seconds better than the second place team.
Diving: Sarah Myers, Fr., Eau Claire (North)
Myers had a breakout performance in a dual meet with Hamline, claiming first place in one diving event and second in the other. In the 3 meter dive, Myers took first with a score of 224.33 while taking second in the 1 meter event with a score of 208.63.
December 1, 2003-December 7, 2003
Swimming: Emily Viau, Fr., Apple Valley, MN
Viau had a breakout weekend at the Titan Invitational in Oshkosh as she led the Blugolds to a first place finish at the event. Viau claimed five first place finished, three individual and two relay, on the weekend. Individually, she took first place in the 200-yard freestyle (2:02.92), 500-yard freestyle (5:27.23), and the 1650-yard freestyle (19:01.33). She was also a part of two first place relay teams in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:47.03) and the 800-yard freestyle relay (8:26.97).
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton
Bye claimed second in both diving events this weekend at the Oshkosh Invitational. In the 1-meter event she scored a 341.75 to take second while scoring a 366.25 in the 3-meter event, also earning her second place honors in the event.
November 3, 2003-November 9, 2003
Swimming: Annie Gorman, So., Menomonie
Gorman took three first-place finishes in a dual meet with Moorhead State as the Blugolds downed the Dragons 162-138 in Eau Claire. Gorman won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:18.84 while also winning individually in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 56.33. Gorman wasn't done as she was also a member of the first place 200-yard medley relay team which took first with a time of 1:58.53.
October 27, 2003-November 2, 2003
Swimming: Cori Severson, So., Brainerd, MN
Severson performed very well in a dual meet with UW-Stevens Point as she took first place in the 50m Freestyle and second in both the 100 Freestyle and as a member of the 200 Freestyle Relay. Her time of 24.75 in the 50 Freestyle was just 0.12 seconds off of her personal best and 0.06 seconds from a consideration time for national competition. The time was the best Blugold time so far this season.
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton (Kimberly)
Bye put up some impressive scores in a dual meet with Stevens Point and while participating in the St. Cloud Invitational. Against the Pointers, Bye claimed first in the 3-m diving event with a score of 221.00 on six dives while taking second in the 1-m event with a score of 202.40. In St. Cloud, Bye took fifth in the 1-m with a score of 274.70 on 10 dives and sixth in the 3-m with a score of 262.75 on 11 dives.
October 13, 2003-October 19, 2003
Swimming: Cori Severson, So., Brainerd, MN
Severson had an excellent showing at this weekend's Midwest Coed Relays as she led the Blugolds to a second place finish at the event. She was part of two first place Blugold relay teams, winning the 4x25 Relay with a time of 43.70 and the 4x100 Relay with a time of 1:36.40. Severson also had a split time of 24.64 in the 8x50 Medley Relay.
Diving: Adria Bye, Sr., Appleton
Bye helped the Blugolds to a second place finish at the Midwest Coeds as a member of each of the third place diving relay teams. The Blugolds took third in the 1-m and 3-m diving events.
October 6, 2003-October 12, 2003
Swimming: Liz VonFeldt, Sr., Lancaster
Von Feldt had an excellent debut to the 2003-04 season with a victory in the overall portion of the Maverick Pentathlon hosted by Minnesota State-Mankato. The senior Blugold totaled a first place finish, three second place finishes, and one fifth place finishes in five event en route to the individual championship. Her time of 28.51 in the 50-yard victory was good enough for first place in the event while she claimed second place finishes in the 50-yard backstroke (30.85), the 100-yard individual medley (1:04.91), and the 50-yard freestyle (26.29). Her fifth-place finish came in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 34.79.