Swimmers sweep SCIAC Athletes of the Week
PASADENA, Calif. - After the SCIAC Swimming and Diving Championships over the weekend, Stephanie Doi and Matthew Williams earned SCIAC Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Week awards.
Junior Stephanie Doi (CMC) was named the SCIAC Female Athlete of the Year for Swimming & Diving after the Championships over the weekend. Doi had a trio of first place finishes including two individual championships and one relay with all three breaking into the CMS Top-10 records lists. She raced the 200 individual medley at a speedy 2:05.41, which was three seconds faster than her preliminary swim and 1.76 seconds faster than the second place finisher, putting her at #2 all-time at CMS. Both her races in the 100 butterfly and 400 free relay landed her at #5 in CMS record books. The win in the 400 free relay was the last team event of the Championships and earned CMS their second place finish.
SCIAC Female Athlete of the Week Release
Junior Matthew Williams (CMC) was named SCIAC Male Athlete of the Year after the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team earned its ninth-straight SCIAC Championship at Spalsh! La Mirada Feb. 18-21. In 2016, Williams finished first in 21 SCIAC events and second in three SCIAC events. In the SCIAC Championships he earned first place accolades in the 200 free relay, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay, 200 backstroke and 400 free relay with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. Williams helped the 400 free frelay team break a 3-year-old meet record, coming in at a final time of 3:00.87. In addition, the third year Stag from Bellevue, Wash. holds five current school and SCIAC records in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.
SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week Release
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