Jones and McKenzie Named UAA Swimmers of the Week

Emory University junior Bryant Jones and freshman Kylie McKenzie were named the University Athletic Association (UAA) Swimmers of the Week, based on their performances at the Bulldog Last Chance Meet last weekend.

Jones finished sixth in the finals of the 400-yard individual medley with a season-best and NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 4:02.76.  He also swam a season-best and ‘B’ cut time of 1:52.64 in the preliminaries of the 200-yard butterfly, finishing eighth in the finals.  Jones rounded out the meet with a time of 1:57.90 in the 200-yard individual medley, good for a ninth-place finish in the preliminaries.

McKenzie recorded an ‘A’ cut time in the time trials of the 200-yard breaststroke, swimming a mark of 2:20.00.  On the first day of competition, she swam provisional times with a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.40), a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.41) and a mark of 57.60 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly time trials.  McKenzie added on her fourth ‘B’ cut time on the second day of competition, finishing sixth in the 200-yard butterfly with a ‘B’ cut time of 2:05.81.

The conference athlete of the week honors were the first of the season for both Jones and McKenzie.  The following members of the Emory Swimming & Diving team have earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors this season:

November 1^st
Peter O’Brien (Men’s Swimming)
Daniel Kolb (Men’s Diving)
Leslie Hackler (Women’s Swimming)
Sarah Greene (Women’s Diving)

November 8^th
April Whitley (Women’s Swimming)

November 15^th
Patrick Augustyn (Men’s Swimming)
Claire Pavlak (Women’s Swimming)

December 6^th
Peter O’Brien (Men’s Swimming)
April Whitley (Women’s Swimming)

January 24^th
Patrick Augustyn (Men’s Swimming)

January 31^st
Paul Weinstein (Men’s Swimming)

February 7^th
Patrick Augustyn (Men’s Swimming)
Kolin Smialek (Men’s Diving)
Liz Horvat (Women’s Swimming)
Sarah Greene (Women’s Diving)

February 21^st
Matt Spooner (Men’s Swimming)
Daniel Kolb (Men’s Diving)
Liz Horvat (Women’s Swimming)

February 28^th
Bryant Jones (Men’s Swimming)
Kylie McKenzie (Women’s Swimming)