CLAREMONT, Calif. -
Avalon Sanders earned the SCIAC Swimmer of the Week and
Simone Sabeeh took the SCIAC Diver of the Week honor as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team swept the two weekly awards, the conference office announced today.
Sanders earned a first-place finish and a second-place finish as CMS split a double-dual with a pair of DII programs, defeating Azusa Pacific and falling to Biola. She earned first place in the 500 free in 5:08.00, a victory margin of 4.24 seconds, and then came in second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.74, as the Athenas finished with a 140-99 victory margin over Azusa Pacific in a preview of future SCIAC battles.
Sabeeh swept both boards in her collegiate debut to help CMS to the split. Sabeeh earned a 250.05 on the three-meter to win by 30 points over Brooklyn Melvin of APU, and then tallied a 246.60 on the one-meter, with teammate Josephine Kearns in second 20 points behind with a 226.10.
CMS has now had three honorees after its two meets this season, after
Sun Young Byun captured the Swimmer of the Week honor after opening weekend at UC San Diego two weeks ago.
CMS will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to Chapman for a SCIAC double-dual with Whittier.