Four Emory Swimmers Earn UAA Honors
Four members of the Emory University swimming and diving team
were named the UAA Athletes of the Week, as sophomore swimmer
Leslie Hackler and freshman diver Sarah
Greene earned the women’s honors, while sophomore
swimmer Peter O’Brien and junior diver
Daniel Kolb earned the men’s honors.
The awards were given based on the four athletes’
performances during the Eagles’ season-opening meet against
UNC Wilmington on Saturday.
Hackler recorded three NCAA ‘B’ cut performances, and
two first-place finishes during Saturday’s meet.
Hackler finished first in both the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard
butterfly, swimming NCAA ‘B’ cut times of 57.20 seconds
in the former and 2:06.89 in the latter. She also swam the
butterfly leg of the Eagles’ 200-yard medley relay team,
which finished second and recorded a provisional qualifying time of
1:47.02.
Competing in her first collegiate meet, Greene finished first in
the one-meter dive with a score of 234.15, and the three-meter dive
with a score of 239.25. She scored a total of 18 points for
Emory with the two first-place finishes.
O’Brien recorded three individual first-place finishes and
one NCAA ‘B’ cut time during the Eagles’
season-opening meet against UNC Wilmington. He finished first
in the 200-yard breaststroke, recording a ‘B’ cut time
of 2:06.71 in the effort. He went on to finish first in both
the 100-yard breaststroke (58.65 seconds) and the 200-yard
individual medley (1:55.91). O’Brien also claimed third
place as part of the Eagles’ 200-yard medley relay team
(1:53.39).
Koln recorded a qualifying score in the one-meter dive on Saturday,
as his score of 295.20 was more than 10 points above the NCAA
Division III qualifying score, and was good for a second-place
finish at the meet. He also finished second in the
three-meter dive with a score of 257.18.
The Eagles will return to action on Wednesday, November
3rd, as Emory will swim against Georgia Tech and the
University of Georgia, at Georgia Tech, starting at 5:00 PM.
