COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West announced the 2013-14 Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Conference Team today. All-Conference honors are awarded to the top eight finishers in the individual events and top three relay team finishers at the MW Championships in San Antonio, Texas, last week.
On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Conference announced the Mountain West individual awards. San Diego State’s Anika Apostalon was named the Women’s Swimmer of the Year, while Aztecs head coach Mike Shrader was named Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career. Apostalon also earned the league’s first Freshman of the Year honor.  En-Tien (Grace) Huang of Nevada was named the Women’s Diver of the Year and Wolf Pack head diving coach Jian Li You was named Women’s Diving Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. San Diego State’s Mikaela Macklin was honored with the league’s Senior Recognition Award prior to Saturday’s finals session.
Below is a list of the All-MW selections and the event in which they were honored. Boise State secured the program’s second MW women’s swimming & diving title in the past three seasons.
2013-14 Mountain West Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Conference Team
Individuals
Name                         Â
Kimberly Davis              Air Force                        Â
Sara Menke                   Air Force                        Â
Genevieve Miller          Air Force                        Â
Kira Schlosberg            Air Force                        Â
Brittany Aoyama           Boise State                        50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle
Brooke Balogh             Boise State                        400-yard individual medley, 200-yard butterfly
Jessica Bottelberghe   Boise State                        200-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle
Felicity Cann                Boise State                        500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle
Nicolette Cannon         Boise State                        100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke
Ciera Cortney               Boise State                        1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard, platform
Heather Harper             Boise State                        100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke
Rachel Heaney             Boise State                        400-yard individual medley, 200-yard butterfly
Sydney Johansen        Boise State                        200-yard individual medley, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard backstroke
Whitney Jorgensen     Boise State                        400-yard individual medley
Erin Kohlbeck               Boise State                        3-meter springboard, platform
Devin Madsen              Boise State                        100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke
Katelyn Martin               Boise State                        50-yard freestyle
Emri Moore                   Boise State                        500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle
Taylor Padington         Boise State                        500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle
Samantha Wicks          Boise State                        100-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle
Melissa Bollig               Colorado State                 1-meter springboard
Ariana Milone               Colorado State                 1-meter springboard
Jessica Shepard          Colorado State                 100-yard backstroke
Hannah Prigge             Fresno State                     3-meter springboard, platform
Teresa Baerens            Nevada                       Â
Sophia Cieplucha        Nevada                       Â
Michelle Forman          Nevada                       Â
Stephanie Hansen       Nevada                       Â
En-tien (Grace) Huang Nevada                       Â
Sita Kusserow               Nevada                       Â
Yawen Li                        Nevada                       Â
Arantxa Medina-Alegria               Â
Rachel O’Conner         Nevada                       Â
Krysta Palmer                Nevada                       Â
Ashley Blanchette        New Mexico                      100-yard breaststroke
Monica Dudley             New Mexico                      500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle
Caitlin Gardiner            New Mexico                      200-yard backstroke
Megan Harper               New Mexico                      1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard
Jorgi Hobson               New Mexico                      100-yard butterfly
Kaela McKee                 New Mexico                      100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke
Anika Apostalon           San Diego State                50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle
Chelsea Bailey              San Diego State                50-yard freestyle
Frida Berggren             San Diego State                200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley
Laura Day                      San Diego State                100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke
Mikaela Macklin            San Diego State                200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard breaststroke
Savannah Miller           San Diego State                200-yard freestyle
Caroline Mitchell          San Diego State                400-yard individual medley, 1,650-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly
Natilee Ruiz                   San Diego State                200-yard individual medley, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke
Whitney Weisz             San Diego State                50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle
Loreen Whitfield           San Diego State                100-yard butterfly
Ashley Acosta               San José State                  100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly
Darcie Anderson          San José State                  100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke
Taylor Curado              San José State                  100-yard butterfly
Erica Harvey                 San José State                  50-yard freestyle
Riley Spitser                 San José State                  200-yard freestyle
Rachel Dixon                UNLV                         Â
Jessica Heim                UNLV                         Â
Katelyne Herrington     UNLV                         Â
Kari Campbell               Wyoming                      Â
Claudia Carlson           Wyoming                      Â
Molly Coonce               Wyoming                      Â
Jordan Denny              Wyoming                      Â
Amanda Fay                  Wyoming                      Â
Nicole Hlavacek           Wyoming                      Â
Morgan Hartigan          Wyoming                      Â
Halie Lacey                   Wyoming                      Â
Emily Ridout                 Wyoming                      Â
Leah Roesler                Wyoming                      Â
Abigail Sullivan             Wyoming                      Â
Relays
Institution                  Â
Boise State                    200-yard freestyle relay   Katelyn Martin, Jessica Bottelberghe, Brittany Aoyama, Samantha Wicks
Boise State                    400-yard freestyle relay   Samantha Wicks, Jessica Bottelberghe, Katelyn Martin, Brittany Aoyama
Boise State                    800-yard freestyle relay   Felicity Cann, Taylor Padington, Blake Balogh, Jessica Bottelberghe
Boise State                    200-yard medley relay     Samantha Wicks, Sydney Johansen, Brittany Aoyama, Katelyn Martin
Boise State                    400-yard medley relay     Samantha Wicks, Heather Harper, Brittany Aoyama, Katelyn Martin
Nevada                       Â
New Mexico                  200-yard medley relay     Kaela McKee, Ashley Blanchette, Jorgi Hobson, Shayla King
San Diego State            200-yard freestyle relay   Anika Apostalon, Chelsea Bailey, Madeleine Dalcamo, Whitney Weisz
San Diego State            400-yard freestyle relay   Anika Apostalon, Chelsea Bailey, Natilee Ruiz, Whitney Weisz
San Diego State            800-yard freestyle relay   Frida Berggren, Mikaela Macklin, Natilee Ruiz, Savannah Miller
San Diego State            200-yard medley relay     Anika Apostalon, Laura Day, Samantha Guttmacher, Whitney Weisz
San Diego State            400-yard medley relay     Anika Apostalon, Laura Day, Loreen Whitfield, Whitney Weisz
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Wyoming                      400-yard medley relay     Morgan Hartigan, Stephanie Young, Molly Coone, Jordan Denny
And she also plays water polo!
And she also sings and plays the piano!
Definitely a very talented girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6-Q5jCn6W8
100 back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6n-Z-94opo
100 free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BsfzjPUfc
Here are her races.
If Pac-12 could post the races on youtube like that, I would be very happy but I think I dream a little too much. 🙂
50 free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cf36DyzAF8
I have started to know the name of Anika Apostalon at the end of last year and I’m impressed by her freshman performances so far.
Perhaps I have missed swimswam recaps but she deserves to be in the spotlight.
She has demolished her best times last week.
50 free. From 22.39 to 21.76
100 free. From 48.40 to 47.73
100 back. From 53.79 to 51.92
What a fantastic meet for her!
Again, it’s cool to see you can swim very fast times while not being in the usual big college swimming powerhouses.
I don’t know what she can do in long course but she’s a name to remember in sprint events.