Courtesy: The American
IRVING, Texas – The American Conference has announced the weekly women’s swimming and diving honors.
Swimming Athlete of the Week
Aly Bozzuto, Sophomore, Liberty
Bozzuto aided the Flames to a dual-meet win over FIU with three individual wins, including the 50-yard breaststroke (28.30), the 100 breaststroke (1:03.17) and the 200 breaststroke (2:15.08). Her 200-breaststroke time ranks second in the conference this season and the 50 time is seventh in NCAA Division I this season.
Freshman Swimming Athlete of the Week
Pauline Zeller, FIU
Zeller captured three individual event wins and a second-place finish in a dual meet against Liberty. The freshman won the 50-yard butterfly (24.34), the 100 butterfly (53.97) and the 100-yard individual medley (56.97), while also placing second in the 200 butterfly (2:02.72).
Diving Athlete of the Week
Frida Zuniga, Senior, East Carolina
Zuniga swept both springboards for the Pirates last weekend, claiming the 1-meter event with a score of 313.05 points, while winning the 3-meter event with a Minges Natatorium record score of 382.05 points.
Freshman Diving Athlete of the Week
Romina Hernandez, East Carolina
Hernandez picked up a pair of top-3 finishes last week. She finished second on 3-meter with 283.28 points, and placed third on 1-meter with 260.63 points.
Courtesy: Liberty Athletics
Following a standout performance at FIU, Liberty sophomore Aly Bozzuto has been named American Conference Swimming Athlete of the Week.
Bozzuto, a native of Jupiter, Fla., is the first Liberty student-athlete to receive a weekly honor from the American Conference. She was named Atlantic Sun Swimmer of the Week twice as a freshman (Oct. 16, 2024 and Nov. 13, 2024).
She helped the Lady Flames to a 219-209 win at American Conference foe FIU, Friday and Saturday.
The sophomore claimed three individual-event victories and swimming on one winning relay. She won the 50 breaststroke in 28.30, the fastest 50 breaststroke time of any American Conference swimmer so far this season. Her winning 200 breaststroke time of 2:15.08 was more than three seconds faster than the second-place finisher in her race on Friday and is the second fastest 200 breaststroke time overall in the conference this season. She swam 1:03.17 to win the 100 breaststroke.
On Friday, she opened the meet by swimming 27.90 for the second leg of the 200 medley relay, pushing Liberty into the lead with the fastest second-leg split in the pool that day. Bozzuto also swam the fastest second-leg split in the 400 medley relay, 1:03.21, helping Liberty to the win.
The Lady Flames will host the seventh annual TYR ’85 Invite, Nov. 21-23 at Liberty Natatorium.
