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MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week
Erik Klontz, Carleton
Bethesda, Md. / Bethesda-Chevy Chase
The Carleton men's swimming and diving team dropped a
close 155-143 decision to Saint John's Saturday in a home dual
meet, but Knights' swimmer Erik Klontz (Bethesda,
Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) was at his best, rewriting the Thorpe
Pool record books in three of his four of his events. Klontz won
two individual events and anchored a two-place relay teams, and
three of the four set new pool records en route to their wins. For
his record-breaking performances, Klontz has been named the MIAC
Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week for the second
consecutive week.
Individually, Klontz won both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races
with new Thorpe Pool records in both events. In the 50, he met the
NCAA 'B' standard with his new record time of 20.87 seconds, and
his new record time in the 100 was 46.97 seconds. Finally, he swam
a 45.26 second final leg of the 400-yard medley relay to help his
team secure a first-place finish and a record time of 3:34.10
seconds. Finally, he swam a 45.63 in his anchor leg of the 400-yard
freestyle relay to also lead that team to victory. Klontz'
second-straight MIAC honor comes just a week after he won three
events, met a 'B' standard and set a pool record at Gustavus.
Klontz will try to continue his record-setting season as he and his
Carleton teammates will be back in the pool for another dual meet
Saturday. The Knights will travel to Winona to face Saint Mary's in
a dual starting at 1 p.m. in Jul Gernes Pool. Carleton will be back
at Thorpe Pool the following Saturday to host cross-town rival St.
Olaf at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28.
MIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week
Emily Punyko, St. Thomas
Duluth, Minn. / East
The St. Thomas women's swimming and diving team scored a
dual-meet win against cross-town rival St. Catherine, 139-112, this
week, thanks largely to a Tommie first-year phenom. Freshman
swimmer Emily Punyko (Duluth, Minn./East) led the
way in the win for UST with an individual win and school record in
one event and two relay wins, including a historic split in one of
the victories. For her record-setting performances and
contributions to the team's victory, Punyko has been named the MIAC
Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week.
Punyko led off the Tommies' first-place effort in the 200-yard
freestyle relay with a split of 25.06 seconds, and she was even
better in her other two events. In the winning 200-yard medley
relay, Punyko recorded a split of 29.96, making her the first UST
woman to break 30 seconds in a flying-start 50-yard breaststroke.
She also claimed first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a
time of 1:06.34. That time is a new St. Thomas school record, a new
Aquatic center pool record and the fastest time in the MIAC thus
far in 2011-12.
The Tommies and their star freshman have a couple more important
meets coming up in their home pool in the next two weeks. Saturday,
they'll host the Meet of the Saints , which is scheduled for a 1
p.m. start. Next Friday (Jan. 27), St. Thomas will again be home to
host defending MIAC champion Gustavus for a dual meet in St. Paul
as well.
Courtesy of MIAC