Ohio’s Ferguson, EMU’s Lesser are MAC Athletes of the Week for Nov. 17

The following is a press release courtesy of the Mid-American Conference:

11/17/2014:

Women’s Swimmer of the Week

Addison Ferguson, Ohio, Junior

Event & Time: 100 Back – 56.92; 200 back – 2:05.02; 100 butterfly – 58.16

2014 NCAA-qualifier Addison Ferguson continues to be a top force for the Bobcats through the 2014-2015 season. This past weekend, she brought in three wins for the ‘Cats in their dual meet with Marshall University: she won the 100 backstroke (56.92), the 200 backstroke (2:05.02), and the 100 butterfly (58.16), as well as having been the backstroke leg of the winning 200 medley relay quartet (1:45.15). Having qualified to NCAA as a sophomore and continuing to be a strong swimmer her following season, Ferguson is a swimmer to not only keep an eye on for this season, but for her senior season (2015-2016) as well.

Men’s Swimmer of the week

Jordan Lesser, Eastern Michigan, R-Junior

Event & Time:
1. Platform Dive:  395.85 (EMU record)
1.   3-meter Dive:    392.33
2.   1-meter Dive:  329.85

Additional Information (Narrative Support):
Eastern Michigan University redshirt-junior won two diving events and finished second behind teammate Alex Chan in another in the Eagles’ 191-109 victory over the University of Cincinnati, Nov. 15.  Lesser started out his day with a record-breaking performance, winning the platform dive with a new EMU standard of 395.85 points.  Lesser outperformed his competition by a landslide, with a 171-point margin of victory.  He went on to win the 3-meter dive in a close contest with Chan, but eventually came out on top after scoring an 8/8.5 on a forward 2.5 somersault.  Finally, Lesser finished runner-up in the 1-meter dive with 329.85 points, less than four points behind Chan.


Other nominees

Monica Dorszewski, Eastern Michigan, Senior

Event & Time:
1. 100 breast: 1:05.52
1. 200 breast:  2:20:02
3.    400 free relay:  3:35.21

Eastern Michigan University senior Monica Dorszewski picked up two individual wins in the Eagles’ 175.5-124.5 victory of the University of Cincinnati, Nov. 15.  In her first event of the afternoon, Dorszewski led a sweep of the 100 breast, finishing in 1:05.52 with a time just under three quarters of a second faster than her runner-up teammate.  In the 200 breast, the Palatine, Ill. native recorded a season-best time of 2:20.02 to earn her second victory.  The time also ranks as the second-fastest mark of the season for the Mid-American Conference.  Dorszewski finished off the day with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay, as the lineup touched in at 3:35.21.

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questioning life
9 years ago

So the “SWIMMER of the week” is a diver?

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