TicketsThe American Athletic Conference handed out its weekly awards on Tuesday with University of Cincinnati swimmers and divers taking all four honors. Claire Schuermann was named Women's Diver of the Week, Louis Hunt was named Men's Diver of the Week, Dominic Polling was named Men's Swimmer of the Week and Rocky Laabs was named Women's Swimmer of the Week.
Schuermann made it back-to-back weeks on being the conference's best female diver. She won both 1-meter and 3-meter with scores of 286.50 and 278.40, respectively, at Kenyon on Friday. At home against Northwestern, she placed second in 1-meter and third in 3-meter.
Hunt posted a 281.50 in 3-meter in his final meet at the Keating Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon. The mark was a fourth-place finish for the senior. He also scored a 239.55 in 1-meter competition.
Polling won all four of his individual events throughout both meets this past weekend. At Kenyon, he won the 200 IM (1:50.81) and was a part of two second-place relay teams. At home against Northwestern on Saturday, Polling swam the 100 breast in 55.43, the 200 breast in 2:03.91 and the 200 IM in 1:50.87. He ranks in the top four in both breaststroke times in the conference and leads the AAC with the fastest 200 IM time this year.
Laabs won all three of her events this week. Against Kenyon, she swam the 1000 free in 10:13.69. She followed that by winning the same event on Saturday (10.09.99) and also won the 500 free (4:59.56). He fastest times this season in the two events both rank third in the conference.
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• The Bearcats end the regular this Friday against Kentucky
• The divers will travel to UK while the swimmers will host at the Keating Aquatic Center starting at 4 p.m.
• The ACC Championships will be held in Indianapolis February 27 through March 2
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Schuermann made it back-to-back weeks on being the conference's best female diver. She won both 1-meter and 3-meter with scores of 286.50 and 278.40, respectively, at Kenyon on Friday. At home against Northwestern, she placed second in 1-meter and third in 3-meter.
Hunt posted a 281.50 in 3-meter in his final meet at the Keating Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon. The mark was a fourth-place finish for the senior. He also scored a 239.55 in 1-meter competition.
Polling won all four of his individual events throughout both meets this past weekend. At Kenyon, he won the 200 IM (1:50.81) and was a part of two second-place relay teams. At home against Northwestern on Saturday, Polling swam the 100 breast in 55.43, the 200 breast in 2:03.91 and the 200 IM in 1:50.87. He ranks in the top four in both breaststroke times in the conference and leads the AAC with the fastest 200 IM time this year.
Laabs won all three of her events this week. Against Kenyon, she swam the 1000 free in 10:13.69. She followed that by winning the same event on Saturday (10.09.99) and also won the 500 free (4:59.56). He fastest times this season in the two events both rank third in the conference.
// UP NEXT
• The Bearcats end the regular this Friday against Kentucky
• The divers will travel to UK while the swimmers will host at the Keating Aquatic Center starting at 4 p.m.
• The ACC Championships will be held in Indianapolis February 27 through March 2
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati swimming and diving, visit GoBEARCATS.com. For an inside look at the program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@GoBearcatsSwim)