CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The 2011 portion of the swimming and diving season wrapped up over the weekend with Maine sweeping the weekly awards.
Brian Landry (Yorktown, Va.) had his way in the breaststroke events to earn Male Swimmer of the Week while Naja Harvey (Orono, Minn.) did the same to nab Female Swimmer of the Week accolades. Kara Capossela (Greenwich, Conn.) picks up the Female Diver of the Week award and Travis Wibby (South Portland, Maine) grabs the Male Diver of the Week award.
Landry paced the men with two individual victories against Bates and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team. He took first in the 100 (1:01.00) and 200 (2:13.83) breaststroke events and the medley relay team clocked in at a winning 1:38.89 clip. The senior also placed second in the 200 IM.
Harvey also swam to a pair of individual victories and swam a leg in Maine’s record-setting 200 freestyle relay quartet. The freshman collected wins in the 100 (1:07.41) and 200 (2:30.56) breaststroke events. The 200 freestyle relay team completed the race in 1:36.02, a new school and pool record.
Capossela dominated the diving events for Maine finishing first in both the one and three-meter dives. The sophomore tallied 244.80 points in the one-meter event before registering 266.02 in the three-meter to get the sweep. This is Capossela’s second diver of the week honor this season.
Wibby collected runner-up finishes in the one and three-meter events against Bates. He scored 198.37 points in the one-meter competition and 198.90 in the three-meter.
Maine’s swimming and diving teams were the only America East squads competing this weekend. The Black Bears rolled past visiting Bates College, the women cruising to a 210-90 win and the men picking up a 169-125 win. Maine collected a total of 22 victories on the day. Leading the way for the women were Naja Harvey (Orono, Minn.), Lauren Dwyer (Reading , Mass.), Erica Smrcina (North Falmouth, Mass.) and Carmen Linden (Ottawa, Ontario) who all earned two individual wins. Harvey swept the breaststroke events winning the 100 in 1:07.41 and the 200 in 2:30.56. Dwyer captured victory in both the 100 (1:00.72) and 200 (2:12.05) backstroke. Smrcina touched first in the butterfly events, taking the 100 in 59.47 and the 200 in 2:12.31 while Linden dominated the freestyle distance events winning both the 500 (5:19.34) and the 1,000 (5:19.34). The 200 freestyle relay team of Harvey, Dwyer, Jenn Trodden (Reading, Mass.) and Emily Buczkowski (Woolich, Maine) broke the school and pool record clocking in at 1:36.02 for the victory. Brian Landry (Yorktown, Va.) paced the men with two individual victories and a second-place finish. The senior swept the breaststroke events touching the wall in the 100 in 1:01.00 and the 200 in 2:13.83. His runner-up finish came in the 200 IM. Yuri Chornobil (Rochester, N.Y.), the reigning Male Swimmer of the Week, continued his success in the freestyle distance races picking up a win in the 500 freestyle (4:55.81). The Maine men also swept the relays taking top honors in the 200 medley (1:38.89) and the 400 freestyle (3:19.74.). The Black Bear swimming and diving squads won’t return to the pool until after the new year, when they take on Providence College in Rhode Island.
The America East will continue reporting after the new year.