Pac-12 Weekly Awards: Stanford’s Rafael Gu, Arizona’s Julia Heimstead Lead Honorees

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The Pac-12 announced its weekly swimming and diving honors.

PAC-12 MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Rafael Gu, Fr., Stanford (Shanghai, China)

Assisted in Stanford’s ninth straight dual meet victory over Pacific recording three first place wins and one second place finish (33 points).
Recorded two individual wins in the 100 back (48.35) and the 100 fly (47.27), narrowly missing an NCAA B cut qualifying score (47.23).
Helped the Cardinal to a first place finish in the 200 free relay (1:21.10) and a second place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:29.37).

PAC-12 MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Jack Ryan, So., Stanford (Denver, Colo.)

Earned silver medals in both the 1-meter and 3-meter at UCLA’s Bruin Diving Event.
Finished in second, just over 16 points behind the first place winner, in the 3-meter with a total score of 787.40.
Took home another second place finish in the 1-meter with a final score of 710.05.
Second Pac-12 Men’s Diving award of the season.

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PAC-12 WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Julia Heimstead, Jr., Arizona (Bloomington, Ill.)

Captured two individual first place finishes and two relay wins to assist in Arizona’s 180-120 win over NAU and 185.5-108.5 win over Washington State.
In the 200-yard free, Heimstead finished with a time of 1:49.65, coming in 2.65 seconds earlier than her runner-up opponent.
Earned a first place finish in the 100-fly with a time of 54.84.
Assisted in Arizona’s win in the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.74) and the 400-yard free relay (3:25.44).

PAC-12 WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Delaney Schnell, Gr., Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.)

Earned wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives against NAU and Washington State.
In the women’s 3-meter, Schnell earned an NCAA qualifying score of 393.45, 15.6 point higher than her entry entry score (377.85) and 104.32 points higher than the runner up (289.43).
Her 3-meter dive set a new dual meet Arizona program record (Samantha Pickens, 2011).
Earned her second NCAA qualifying score of the meet on her first-place 1-meter finish (306.53).

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