MWC Men's Swimmer And Diver Of The Week

UNLV's Johan Claar and Utah's Sterling Richards pick up weekly honors.

Utah diver Sterling Richards was named the MWC Diver of the Week.
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Nov. 16, 2005

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - UNLV's Johan Claar and Utah's Sterling Richards have been named the Mountain West Conference Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively. Claar gathers his second weekly award, while Sterling picks up his fifth career weekly accolade and his second this year.

Claar, a freshman from Bankeryd, Sweden, won all six of his individual races over the weekend. The six victories give him 11 wins out of 12 swims this season, and he has won his last 10 events. Against BYU (Nov. 11), he won the 500-yard freestyle (4:34.72), the 1000-yard freestyle (9:30.62) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.21). In UNLV's win over Utah (Nov. 12), he captured the 500 free (4:42.58), 1000 free (9:44.73) and 200 fly (1:54.10). Claar owns the top times in the conference in the 1000 free and 200 fly.

Richards, a senior from Salt Lake City, Utah, claimed both diving titles against UNLV last week. It marks the third time this season that Richards has swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. He scored 356.90 points on the 1-meter board, a 66.10-point margin of victory, en route to posting the best score in the MWC this season. He finished with 316.60 points in the 3-meter, outdistancing himself from second place by 26.20 points.