MWC Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week

Utah's Statkeviciute and Wyoming's Niederer take home conference honors.

Utah junior Neringa Statkeviciute was named MWC Women's Swimmer of the Week.
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Nov. 20, 2002

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah junior Neringa Statkeviciute and Wyoming sophomore Ashlie Niederer have been named Mountain West Conference women's swimmer and diver of the week, respectively.

Statkeviciute, a Kaunas, Lithuania, native swam to two individual victories and was part of the winning 400-yard medley relay team, as the Utes lost a dual meet at Ohio State (130-111) on November 15. She started the meet winning the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events in 51:22 and 1:51.42, respectively. Statkeviciute completed the meet by anchoring Utah's 400 medley relay team to victory, posting a time of 3:33.28.

Statkeviciute followed up her Friday performance by leading the Utes to a dual meet victory at Wright State (132-99) on November 16. Against the Raiders, she won the 50-yard freestyle (24.93) and anchored Utah's 200-yard (1:49.63) medley relay team to victory.

Niederer, a product of Lyman, Wyo., swept the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events against Denver on November 15. In the 1-meter, she posted a score of 258.675, and her score of 245.25 topped the field in the 3-meter.