Swim and Dive Sweep America East Weekly Awards
11/15/2022 1:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Orono, Maine - The America East Conference named four different Black Bears to win female diver, female swimmer, male diver, and male swimmer of the week for their performances against Holy Cross on Nov. 12.
Hailey Calver, a freshman from Wilbraham, Pennsylvania had a strong weekend for the Black Bears earning her the female diver of the week. She placed first on the 1M board with a score of 253.73. This is Calver's first America East weekly award.
Isabelle Irani, a freshman from Spring, Texas also had an incredible performance for Maine, earning her the female swimmer of the week. Irani won the 200 butterfly (2:10.13), 100 fly (58.55), and 200 IM (2:14.40). She also helped lead Maine to a win in the 200 medley relay (1:49.74). This is Irani's first America East weekly award.
Riley Clark, a senior from Prospect, Connecticut had an impressive weekend for Maine earning him the male diver of the week. He swept the diving events with a win on the 1M board with a score of 268.13 and another win on the 3M board with a score of 288.15.
Liam Blair, a graduate student from Tucson, Texas had a dominant performance in the water for the Black Bears earning him the male swimmer of the week. Blair won the 100 backstroke with a time of 53.04 and also earned first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.15. He also was a part of Maine's winning team in the 200 medley relay with the final time of 1:35.31 and he was a part of the 200 freestyle relay team with a winning time of 1:26.43.
Calver, Irani, Clark, Blair and the rest of the Black Bears are back in action on Nov. 18-20 at the Harold Anderson Invitational in Kingston, Rhode Island.
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