Four Towson Athletes Earn CAA Athlete Of The Week Honors

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A total of five student-athletes were recognized by the CAA during the third installment of the weekly swimming and diving awards of the year, announced on Wednesday.

For the second straight week, the Tigers of Towson headlined the honors, grabbing four of the five awards handed out. Junior Jack Saunderson and senior Jacy Icard swept the respective Men’s and Women’s Swimmer of the Week nods for the second consecutive week, while teammates Will Canny, a freshman, and junior Emily Wilson were honored as the Men’s and Women’s Divers of the Week. James Madison sophomore Carlyn McNeely picked up her first award of the season as well, sharing the diving award with Wilson.

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Jack Saunderson • Towson
Junior | Laurel, Md.

Saunderson’s second Swimmer of the Week award in as many weeks comes after the junior won four individual events over a busy weekend for Towson, highlighted by a tri-meet at Navy, along with Johns Hopkins, and a home meet one day later versus UMBC. He won the 100 (48.97) and 200-yard butterfly (1:48.93) as well as the 200-yard individual medley (1:55.04) on Friday at Navy, while his time in the 100 fly was a season-best for event, and leads all CAA competitors so far this season. He remained unbeaten in the 100 fly with another first place finish in Saturday’s meet, timing 49.04.

MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Will Canny • Towson
Freshman | Havertown, Pa.

Canny, who wins his first career weekly award, turned in a first-place finish on the 1-meter board (263.02) and a second-place finish on the 3-meter (268.65) in the Tigers’ home opening loss to UMBC on Saturday.

WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Jacy Icard • Towson
Senior | Frederick, Md.

Icard continued her strong start to the season, recording a pair of first place finishes in the 100 back over two meets, along with a second-place finish in the 200 back. On Friday in a tri-meet at Navy, Icard touched the wall for the 100 back in 56.16 and the 200 back in 2:03.94 – both of which are now the fastest times for the respective events among conference competitors this year. On Saturday in TU’s home opener versus UMBC, she contributed to her team’s victory with another first place performance in the 100 back and swam a leg on Towson’s winning 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.

WOMEN’S DIVERS OF THE WEEK:

Carlyn McNeely • James Madison
Sophomore | Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

The defending CAA Rookie Diver of the Year posted a sweep on both boards in JMU’s season-opening win over CAA foe Northeastern on Saturday. McNeely impressively won the1-meter (270.15) and the 3-meter (290.33) with a pair of NCAA Zone A qualifying scores.

Emily Wilson • Towson
Junior | Middletown, N.Y.

Wilson came through with consecutive sweeps on both boards over the weekend as Towson competed at Navy in a tri-meet with Johns Hopkins on Friday, before coming back home a day later to defeat UMBC. Her four total wins were highlighted by scores of 275.70 and 277.73 on the 1-meter, and 289.50 and 288.52 on the 3-meter. Wilson’s weekend-high on the 1-meter currently ranks first among all CAA divers for the event.

Press release courtesy of the CAA Conference.

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations