University of Massachusets Athletics
Meriza Werenski Named Atlantic 10 Performer Of The Week
November 11, 2014 | Women's Swimming & Diving
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Massachusetts' Alessandro Bomprezzi and Meriza Werenski were named the Atlantic 10 Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week, respectively, the league announced on Tuesday. Also honored were UMass' Oliver Wyeth, who was named the Men's Rookie of the Week, and Richmond's Annie Lane, the Women's Rookie of the Week. Awards were based off meet performances from Nov. 3 - Nov. 9.
Bomprezzi, a senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., finished first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.51) and the 1000-yard freestyle (9:30.95) in a dual meet against Brown this past weekend. Bomprezzi also finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.24.
Werenski, a sophomore from South Hadley, Mass., won a pair of individual races (200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley) with times of 2:22.38 and 2:06.43, respectively, while finishing second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.19). Werenski improved her season record to 10-1 in individual races.
Wyeth, a freshman from Wellington, New Zealand, finished first in 100-yard backstroke (50.12) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.58) this past weekend. Wyeth also swam the third leg of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay and the first leg of the 200-yd medley relay team that finished second.
Lane, a freshman from Vinton, Va., won both the 200-yd freestyle (1:54.75) and the 500-yd freestyle (5:06.20) against William & Mary this past weekend. Lane's time in the 500 free was nearly three seconds faster than the second-place swimmer in that event.