WIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week

Women's Swimming & Diving
Athletes of the Week

Week of Nov. 9 - 15
Swimming
Kirsten Lickel, Sophomore (Madison/East), of UW-Eau Claire
Lickel had the best time in two events as the Blugolds defeated UW-Oshkosh 180-55 on Nov. 14. She took the top spot in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:39.67, almost 40 seconds ahead of the rest of the field, while she had the best time in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:32.74.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Janna Oelrich, Senior, Marathon
UW-River Falls, Alyssa Adair, Senior, Maplewood, Minn. (Hill-Murray)
UW-Stevens Point, Jessica Nordstrom, Junior, Hibbing, Minn.

Diving
Katrina Fitzgerald, Freshman (Farmington, Minn.), of UW-Eau Claire
Fitzgerald took the top spot in the one-meter diving competition with 213 points and the three-meter diving competition with 196.55 points as the Blugolds beat UW-Oshkosh 180-55 on Nov. 14.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Cassie Dutko, Freshman, Oshkosh (North)

Week of Nov. 2 - 8
Swimming
Liz Schneider, Sophomore (Madison/LaFollette), of UW-Oshkosh
Schneider won two events as UW-Oshkosh defeated Northern Michigan University, 120-117, Nov. 7 in Oshkosh. Schneider won the 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle events with times of 5:38.21 and 19:15.12, respectively. Schneider also swam on UW-Oshkosh’s 200-yard freestyle relay that posted a winning time of 1:48.80. Joining Schneider in the relay were Melissa Harvey, Angie Picotte and Heather Statz.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Dayna Johnson, Freshman, Waukesha (New Berlin West)

Diving
Shannon Doyle, Junior (Austin, Minn.), of UW-La Crosse
Doyle won the three-meter diving competition at the Northfield (Minn.) Invitational on Nov. 7. She qualified for the NCAA III Championship with a score of 428.25 points. Doyle was second in the one-meter competition with 400.15 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Cassie Dutko, Freshman, Oshkosh (North)

Week of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1
Swimming
Julia Olson, Sophomore (Faribault, Minn.), of UW-Eau Claire
Olson performed well against St. Cloud State (Minn.) and UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 31, taking first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.43 and first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.30. Her time in the 50-yard event was just two-tenths of a second away from a "B"-cut qualifying time for the national meet. She was part of a 400-yard freestyle relay team that took second with a time of 3:40.97 and added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Liz Schneider, Sophomore, Madison (LaFollette)
UW-River Falls, Hannah Wiseman, Freshman, Chippewa Falls

Diving
Cassie Dutko, Freshman (Oshkosh/North), of UW-Oshkosh
Dutko recorded scores of 144.53 in the one-meter diving and 128.95 in the three-meter diving as UW-Oshkosh opened its 2009-10 season at home against Carroll University (Wis.) on Oct. 31. UW-Oshkosh edged Carroll University in the meet by a score of 95-90.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

Week of Oct. 12 - 25
Swimming
Nicole Dorvinen, Sophomore (Green Bay/Bay Port), of UW-Eau Claire
Competing in three events, Dorvinen took first place in each one as the Blugolds defeated NCAA Division II Minnesota State University-Mankato 134-109 on Oct. 16. She won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:17.35, while also picking up first in the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.36) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:23.07).

Also nominated:
UW-River Falls, Emily Stein, Junior, Taylors Falls, Minn. (Chisago Lakes) & Hannah Wiseman, Freshman (Chippewa Falls)

Diving
No individuals were nominated.

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