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June 8, 2004
Arens Named Second-Team Academic All-District
    Youngstown -- Youngstown State senior Lena Arens was named second-team Academic All-District IV by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), becoming the first YSU swimmer in school history to earn academic all-district honors.
    A native of Wyandotte, Mich., Arens graduated with a 3.91 grade-point-average in advertising and public relations. A two-sport athlete, Arens was a competed in both swimming and diving and volleyball at Youngstown State.
   
Arens was named the Horizon League Athlete of the Week for Jan. 19 by winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and anchoring the winning 400-yard freestyle relay in a 169.5-121.5 loss to the Akron Zips.
    Arens' victory in the 50 free was the first win of the day for the Penguins against the Zips, who were ranked second in the most recent CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major Power Rankings.
    Arens' winning times of 24.78 seconds in the 50 free and 54.87 in the 100 free were personal-bests.
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