Swimming & Diving Announce Annual Awards
May 1, 2002
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – Miami’s swimming and diving headcoaches Randy Ableman and James Sweeney announced annual awards for the 2001-2002season on Wednesday.
Manon van Rooijen (Westdorpe, Holland) and Wesley Stoddard (Huntsville, Ala.)were named Most Valuable Swimmers while Michelle Davison (Columbia, S.C.) andImre Lengyel (Budapest, Hungary) were named Most Valuable Divers.
Sophomore Manon van Rooijen holds two individual school records in the 100 &200 freestyle and three relay records. She was named 2002 BIG EAST OutstandingWomen’s Swimmer and earned All-America honors in the 100 & 200 freestyle events.
Junior Wesley Stoddard holds the fastest times this season for the men in the500 free (4:35.23), 1000 free (9:42.85), 1650 free (16:00.25) and 400 IM (4:05.90).
Senior diver Michelle Davison garnered All America honors by placing fourth inthe 1-meter diving event and fifth in the 3-meter competition at the 2002 NCAA’s.Davison was named 2002 BIG EAST Women’s Diver of the Year on February 24 at theconference championships.
Senior diver Imre Lengyel is the 2002 NCAA champion in platform diving after winningthe event at the NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. He was named 2002BIG EAST Most Outstanding Men’s Diver after capturing BIG EAST titles in boththe 1- and 3-meter events in February. In 2000, Lengyel competed for the HungarianOlympic team and was first honored as the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Men’s Diver.
Following is a complete list of the 2001-2002 swimming and diving awards:
Most Valuable Swimmer – Manon van Rooijen, Wesley Stoddard
Most Valuable Diver – Michelle Davison, Imre Lengyel
Senior Recognition – Michelle Davison, Kate Sztabnik, Wesley Stoddard,John Stevens, Stefan Ahrens, Imre Lengyel
Ibis Award – Bjorn Boquist, Christine Williams, Elaine Schwartz, StefanAhrens, Eunice Hernandez
Most Improved Swimmer – Tammy Watts, Erin Johns, Kevin Kerrick, Ryan Rykaczewski
Vincent Dipalmo Award – Wesley Stoddard
NCAA Participants – Manon van Rooijen, Christine Williams, Erin Johns,Megan Kinsella, Michelle Davison, Katie Beth Bryant, Kyle Prandi, Stefan Ahrens,Imre Lengyel, Miguel Velazquez
NCAA Champion – Imre lengyel
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