MWC Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week

CSU's Hofstetter and Wyoming's Haapaned take home conference honors.

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Oct. 30, 2003

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado State senior Corinne Hofstetter and Wyoming freshman Saara Haapaned have been named Mountain West Conference Women's Swimmer and Diver of the week, respectively. This is the first career weekly honor for both recipients.

Hofstetter brought home three individual victories and two relay wins, along with a second-place individual finish at the Colorado State Early Bird Invitational last weekend in Fort Collins. She started the meet with an individual win in the 500 freestyle (5:07.16), finished second in the 200 freestyle (1:56.82), .14 seconds behind teammate Kristen Schneider, and helped the 400 medley relay squad to a second-place finish (4:02.95). On the final day of the invitational, Hofstetter set a meet record in the 200 butterfly (2:07.70), won the 1650 freestyle (17:39.97) and helped the 800 freestyle relay team to a win (7:51.09).

Haapaned, a Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, product, won the 1-meter diving event and finished second in the 3-meter diving event at the Early Bird Invitational. She topped the field in the 1-meter with a score of 248.20, 30 points above her nearest competitor, and followed that with a score of 397.20 in the 3-meter.