Nov. 15, 2005
YSU Sweeps Horizon League's Weekly Swimming and Diving Awards
Indianapolis --
Youngstown State freshmen Olivia
Arnold and Kelly Reese swept the
Horizon League's weekly swimming and
diving honors for their performances
against Cleveland State, Ohio and
Akron, the League announced Tuesday.
This marks the first time the Penguins have ever swept the
award in the Horizon League, and
Arnold and Reese become the first
YSU athletes to earn the honors this
season.
Arnold, a native of Rutherglen, Australia, won three
individual events against CSU on
Thursday as the Penguins beat the
Vikings in a dual meet for the first
time since joining the Horizon
League. She claimed victories in the
1,000 free (10:49.71), the 500 free
(5:14.95) and the 200 IM (2:16.51),
and her time in the 500 free was a
personal-best mark and ranks second
in school history. On Friday against
Ohio and Akron, she swam the
second-best 1,000-yard freestyle
time in school history (10:49.57)
and added a personal-best time in
the 100 breast (1:13.04).
Reese, a Canfield, Ohio, native, swept the diving events
against the Vikings with a
personal-best score of 241.70 in the
1-meter for and a tally of 222.90 in
the 3-meter. She followed that by
placing third in the 3-meter and
fourth in the 1-meter against Ohio
and Akron on Friday. |
