Courtesy: MVC Sports
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Valley Conference announced its swimming and diving weekly honors on Tuesday.
MEN’S SWIMMER: Luigi Maciel da Silva, Senior, Missouri State – Palmeira, Brazil (Emmanuel University)
Missouri State’s Luigi Maciel da Silva helped the Bears to a dual meet win over Omaha last weekend by picking up two individual event victories. He won the 100-yard breaststroke with an MVC-leading time of 53.19. In the 200-yard breaststroke, he clocked a victorious time of 1:57.18 to also lead The Valley in the event.
MEN’S DIVER: Christian Curtis, Junior, UIC – Flossmoor, Ill. (Homewood Flossmoor HS)
UIC’s Christian Curtis posted career-best performances in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events this past weekend as the Flames battled with Milwaukee. He finished first in the 3-meter with a score of 341.25 before tallying a winning score of 329.55 in the 1-meter event. He won each event by at least 40 points.
MEN’S FRESHMAN: Jay Stewart, Freshman, UIC – Bloomington, Ind. (Bloomington High School North)
For the second-straight week, UIC’s Jay Stewart has been named the MVC Freshman of the Week. The rookie clocked a Valley-leading time of 20.20 in the 50-yard freestyle to win the event. Stewart also recorded the fourth-fastest time this season in the 100-yard butterfly, winning that event in a time of 48.73. He also served as a leg of UIC’s 200 freestyle relay that finished in 1:23.91.
WOMEN’S SWIMMER: Lana Janson, Senior, Missouri State – Cape Town, South Africa (DF Malan Hoerskool)
Lana Janson helped Missouri State pull off the 179-118 dual meet victory over Omaha this past weekend. Janson clocked the second-fastest time in The Valley this season in the 100-freestyle, winning it in 50.57. She also recorded the fastest time by a Valley woman in the 200-yard freestyle with a victorious time of 1:49.12.
WOMEN’S DIVER: Kerry-Leigh Morrison, Senior, UIC – Gauteng, South Africa (St. Mary’s School)
Kerry-Leigh Morrison helped UIC earn the 161.5-138.5 dual meet win over Milwaukee by winning the 1- and 3-meter diving events. Morrison posted a score of 265.28 in the 1-meter event and 270.38 on the 3-meter springboard.
WOMEN’S FRESHMAN: Charlotte Sander, Freshman, UNI – Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill South HS)
Charlotte Sander broke the USD Natatorium pool record twice on Friday, as the Panthers finished first at the Coyote Extravaganza. Sander opened with a record time of 23.94 in the 50-yard freestyle, before breaking her pool record a second time on the second day, winning the event in a time of 23.77. Her time is the 11th-fastest in the MVC this season. She also competed in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing third overall, in a time of 53.33.
Courtesy: Missouri State Athletics
ST. LOUIS – Senior Luigi Maciel da Silva received the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Swimmer of the Week award while classmate Lana Janson was awarded MVC Women’s Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday.
Da Silva earned the honor after a stunning performance in the Bears’ 182.5-109.5 victory over Omaha last week. He won the 100-yard breaststroke with the leading time in the MVC and 34th time in all Division I (53.19) this season. He also won the 200-yard breaststroke with yet again the leading time in the MVC and 53rd time in all of Division I (1:57.58).
Janson received the award after she had a splendid showing in the Bears’ 179-118 victory over Omaha. She won the 100-yard freestyle with the leading time in the MVC (50.57). She also won the 200-yard freestyle with the second-fastest time in the MVC (1:49.12).
This tallies five total conference awards for the Bears already this season.
Missouri State swimming and diving will travel to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete in the three-day House of Champions Invitational starting on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the IU Natatorium.
