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MWC Swimmers and Divers of the Week Announced
Feb. 13, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Wyoming junior Eli Bell and freshman Kyle Bogner were named Mountain West Conference Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, while Cowgirl sophomores Maggie Bach and Stephanie Ortiz were named women's swimmer and diver of the week, respectively. Bell, a Greeley, Colo., native, helped the Cowboys to a conference dual meet victory over Air Force last week, winning two individual events, contributing to a relay victory and a second-place relay finish. He won the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle races with respective times of 46.46 and 1:41.35. Bell also led off the first-place finishing 400 freestyle relay squad that swam a time of 3:07.34. He also anchored the 200 medley relay team that placed second with a time of 1:34.27. Bogner, from Centennial, Colo., won the 1-meter diving event against Air Force with a score of 323.25. His zone qualifying score is the second highest in the MWC this season and ranks third all-time in the Wyoming record books. Bogner also finished fourth in the 3-meter dive with a score of 281.48. Bach, from Lincoln, Neb., brought home three individual victories and a second-place individual finish, while helping Cowgirl relay teams to two wins and two runner-up finishes in conference dual meet victories against Colorado State and Air Force last week. Against CSU, Bach began the meet by swimming on the first-place 200 medley relay team as it touched the wall in a Corbett Pool record time of 1:46.53. She then won the 200 butterfly (2:10.57) and added a victory in the 100 butterfly (58.30). Finally, Bach anchored the first-place 200 freestyle relay team that finished in 1:37.55. Against Air Force, she won the 100 butterfly (58.90) and placed second in the 50 freestyle (25.52). She also contributed to second-place finishes by the Cowgirl 200 medley (1:51.43) and 400 freestyle relay teams (3:48.56). Ortiz, a Colorado Springs, Colo., product, won all four diving events against Colorado State and Air Force. Against the Rams, she won the 1-meter with a score of 267.82 and the 3-meter event with a mark of 282.30. Against Air Force, Ortiz won the 1-meter dive with a season-best score of 268.95 and the 3-meter event with a score of 288.08. All four of her scores were above the NCAA Zone Qualifying standard.
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