Regan Smith Leads Stanford Sweep of Pac-12 Weekly Honors

Regan Smith; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Regan Smith Leads Stanford Sweep of Pac-12 Weekly Honors

Reagan Smith was named the Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Week on Wednesday, leading a Stanford sweep of the Pac-12 weekly honors.

Carolina Sculti is the Women’s Diver of the Week. On the men’s side, Leon McAlister and Conor Casey were named Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively.

Smith picked up six wins in dual-meet triumphs over Arizona State and Arizona this weekend. She won the 200 butterfly in 1:55.85 and finished second in the 500 freestyle against ASU. She also was part of a medley relay that won. Against Arizona, the Olympian and world record-holder stuck closer to her wheelhouse by sweeping the 100 backstroke (51.47), 200 back (1:52.40) and 100 fly (52.43) to go with a medley relay triumph.

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Sculti won the 3-meter springboard against Arizona with a season-high score of 344.18. The senior also finished third on 1-meter.

Other nominees including reigning Pac-12 Weekly Honors Swimmer of the Week Isabel Ivey of California, UCS’s Calypso Sheridan and Utah’s Leyre Casarin. Nike Agunbiade of USC and Holly Waxman of Utah were nominated for the diving honor.

McAlister, a sophomore from Australia, helped the Cardinal defeat Arizona and Arizona State on the weekend. He won the 100 back in 46.64 seconds against ASU and claimed the 50 free (20.24) and 200 free (1:36.20) against Arizona. McAlister helped Stanford’s 200 medley relay notch its second-fastest time of the season.

Casey won three times in four diving events against the Arizona schools. He was runner-up to teammate Jack Ryan in the other event. The senior set season-best point tallies of 439.50 in the 1-meter and 449.93 in 3-meter this week.

Other nominees for men’s swimmer of the week were California’s Gabriel Jett, USC’s Thomas Finello and Utah’s Finn O’Haimhirgin. Divers Sean Wang of USC and Luke McDivitt of Utah were also nominated.

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