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WEEK OF MARCH 19

ALEX SWEET, JR, LOUISVILLE, KY./KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY

A junior swimmer from Louisville, Ky., Sweet helped lead the W&L men's swimming team to an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships over the weekend by earning seven All-America citations and setting five new school records. Individually, Sweet earned First Team All-America honors in the 100 free by placing sixth overall with a school-record time of 45.24. He also garnered Honorable Mention All-America laurels by placing 13th in the 50 free (20.94) and 14th in the 200 free (1:41.92). Sweet also competed on three relay teams that garnered First Team All-America honors and one relay team that received Honorable Mention All-America recognition. He swam on the 200 free relay team that placed second with a school-record time of 1:21.64, was a part of the 800 free relay team that finished third with a school-record time of 6:44.57 and was part of the 400 free relay team that set a record (3:03.80) in placing sixth overall. Finally, Sweet swam a leg of the 400 medley relay team that set a new school record in the prelims (3:26.85) and finished 15th overall (3:29.36) in the finals.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ARCHIVES:

September 18 - Jack Palmer, Men's Soccer

September 25 - Hunter Dawkins, Football

October 2 - Jackie Burns, Women's Cross Country

October 9 - Laura Maurer, Volleyball

October 16 - Nathaniel James, Golf

October 23 - Jimmy Gift, Football

October 30 - Jackie Burns, Women's Cross Country

November 6 - Tim McGlaston, Men's Swimming

November 13 - Anne Van Devender, Women's Soccer

November 20 - Kristen Krouchick, Women's Basketball

November 27 - Greg Bienemann, Men's Basketball

December 4 - Alex Sweet, Men's Swimming

January 8 - David Shubick, Wrestling

January 15 - Kristen Krouchick, Women's Basketball

January 22 - Greg Bienemann, Men's Basketball

January 29 - Jessica Hunsinger, Women's Basketball

February 5 - John Christopher, Wrestling

February 12 - Stacy Doornbos, Women's Indoor Track

February 19 - Mike Ginder, Men's Swimming


February 26 - Stacy Doornbos,
Women's Indoor Track

March 5 - Ray Sweeney, Baseball

March 12 - Nat Estes, Men's Tennis


 


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