{"id":294875,"date":"2018-02-07T20:15:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=294875"},"modified":"2018-02-07T20:10:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:10:25","slug":"caa-releases-final-weekly-swimming-diving-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caa-releases-final-weekly-swimming-diving-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"CAA Releases Final Weekly Swimming &#038; Diving Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three student-athletes earned their first career weekly honor\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_306072958\">on Wednesday<\/span>\u00a0to conclude the last Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) swimming and diving awards of the 2017-18 season. William &amp; Mary sophomore\u00a0<strong>Lee Bradley<\/strong>\u00a0was named Men\u2019s Swimmer of the Week, Tribe senior\u00a0<strong>Meghan Schilken<\/strong>\u00a0picked up Women\u2019s Swimmer of the Week, and James Madison freshman\u00a0<strong>Emily Gross<\/strong>\u00a0was named Women\u2019s Diver of the Week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN\u2019S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lee Bradley \u2022 William &amp; Mary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sophomore<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Crestwood, Ky.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Tribe\u2019s final tune-up before the CAA Championships, Bradley set multiple lifetime-bests, including the fastest times for his team this season in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke as W&amp;M finished in second place at the Virginia Tech Invitational. The sophomore timed 49.46 in the 100 back and 1:47.26 in the 200 back \u2013 both of which now rank second in the CAA for the event among league competitors \u2013 along with recording career-bests of 1:40.18 in the 200 free and 1:51.53 in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Meghan Schilken \u2022 William &amp; Mary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Senior<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>| Pittsburgh, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schilken\u2019s first career weekly swimming award comes after she too set new lifetime-bests for the Tribe women in their meet at Virginia Tech. She registered a time of 23.86 in the 50 free prelims followed by 52.47 in the 100 free prelims, and also competed in the 100 back, clocking a performance of 56.69 (eighth in the CAA this season for the event).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S DIVER OF THE WEEK:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Emily Gross \u2022 James Madison<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Freshman<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Fairfax, Va.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gross and the Dukes welcomed three squads to Harrisonburg for their own JMU Diving Invitational over the weekend and the freshman came through with a first-place finish on the 1-meter (280.15 in prelims, 278.75 in finals) and a third-place finish on the 3-meter (275.65). Her scores on the 1-meter were two of JMU\u2019s seven NCAA Zone qualifying marks at the meet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Press release courtesy of CAA Athletics.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three student-athletes earned their first career weekly honor\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0to conclude the last Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) swimming and diving awards of the 2017-18 season. 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