http://www.miac-online.org/news/2012/2/6/WSWIM_0206122337.aspx

MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week

Jesse Gourevitch, Carleton
Ardsley, N.Y. / Ardsley

The Carleton men's swimming and diving team and sophomore Jesse Gourevitch (Ardsley, N.Y.) both appear to be peaking at the right time. Over the weekend Gourevitch had one of his best collegiate performances at the Minnesota Challenge, hosted at the University of Minnesota, setting a season-best time in the 100-yard breaststroke and a lifetime best in the 200-yard breaststroke while putting himself in good position for the upcoming MIAC Championships. For his performances, Gourevitch has been named the MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week.

Gourevitch led the Knights in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:01.70. That time set a new season best for the sophomore and helped him finish 16th against a talented field at the Challenge. He swam even better in the 200-yard breaststroke, setting his new personal best with a time of 2:16.98 and finishing in 15th place. Both of those times place Gourevitch in the Top 8 in the MIAC in 2011-12 on the conference's top times list. No team scores were recorded at the Minnesota Challenge.

Gourevitch and the Knights will take the upcoming weekend off to prepare for the 2012 MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships, which will be held Feb. 16-18, also at the University of Minnesota's Aquatic Center. There will be two sessions each day and the entire event will broadcast live online by the MIAC and Webcast America.

MIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week

Erin McDuffie, Carleton
Anchorage, Alaska / Service

The Carleton women's swimming and diving team got to test the waters for the MIAC Championships over the weekend at a similarly big event in the same pool, and the results were extremely encouraging for both the Knights and junior swimmer Erin McDuffie (Anchorage, Alaska/Service). McDuffie emerged as one of the top Division III freestylers at the meet, setting season-best times in two events and recording the fastest time of all D-III entrants in both events as well. For her performances, McDuffie has been named the MIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week.

McDuffie's big performance began with a season-best time of 53.40 in the 100-yard freestyle to best the rest of the Division III swimmers in the event. For an encore, she set a new lifetime best time in the 200-yard freestyle by shaving more than three seconds off her previous best time. Her new personal record of 1:57.87 helped her finish 12th overall in the event and No. 1 among the D-III swimmers. Both of her new season-best times rank fourth in the MIAC this season on the conference's Top Times list. No team scores were recorded at the Minnesota Challenge.

McDuffie and the Knights will take the upcoming weekend off to prepare for the 2012 MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships, which will be held Feb. 16-18, also at the University of Minnesota's Aquatic Center. There will be two sessions each day and the entire event will broadcast live online by the MIAC and Webcast America.

Courtesy of MIAC