Marshall University Athletics
Swimming and Diving Duo Receives Weekly Honors
11/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 13, 2007
HUTNINGTON - The Marshall swimming and diving team's banner week continued Tuesday as the Herd followed two consecutive wins by having breaststroker Michaela Sceli and diver Siobhan Schuurman honored with the Conference USA Swimmer and Diver of the Week awards as announced by the league office.
Sceli won both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events in 1:06.43 and 2:24.82, respectively, to help lead Marshall to a 197.5-85.5 victory over Radford. The Ontario native also picked up a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Against Vanderbilt, Sceli broke her previous school-record of 1:04.55 in the 100 breast, clocking in at 1:04.53. The senior finished the 200 breast in a time of 2:20.90. Both times were Fredrick A. Fitch Natatorium records. Later in the event she helped the Herd to another first-place finish in the 200 medley relay. This is the first C-USA weekly award for Sceli.
Schuurman set a new school record on the one-meter springboard and set a new personal best on the three-meter board during Marshall's win over Radford. She recorded scores of 280.72 and 238.80, respectively, and took home two first-place finishes. The junior earned NCAA Zone Championship qualification with her score in the one-meter.
In Marshall's win over Vanderbilt, Schuurman set two new pool records. She scored 257.10 in the one-meter and 239.18 in the three-meter to break her personal-best in that event. Both scores were good for first place. The weekly award is also the first of Schuurman's career.
Schuurman will return to competiton Thursday as Marshall's divers travel to Bloomington, Ind. for the Hoosierland Invitational. Sceli and the Herd swimmers are off until the Miami Invitational on Nov. 29.
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