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.: Weber, Carlson, Zumstein, Blemberg Earn Horizon League Weekly Awards

January 18th, 2006

UW-Green Bay's Joey Weber and Kristin Carlson claim Horizon League Swimmer of the Week honors, while Phillip Zumstein and UW-Milwaukee's Erin Blemberg were named Divers of the Week.

Weber helped lead the Phoenix to a pair of convincing duel meet wins last week. Friday afternoon against Butler, he finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.92) and the 100-yard butterfly (52.56) and was on the second-place 200-yard medley relay squad that placed behind a group of Phoenix teammates. Saturday in the win over UIC, Weber set a new Dorschel Natatorium pool record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:53.40. He also swam the leadoff leg of the victorious 400-yard medley relay (3:29.45) and finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (21.52).

Carlson paced the field in the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.56) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:11.67) while finishing second behind a group of teammates as a member of the 200-yard medley relay (1:54.30) in a dual-meet win over Butler. The next day against UIC, Carlson was a member of the pool-record setting 400-yard freestyle relay team which finished in a time of 3:33.90. She also won the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.50) and the 100-yard free (53.66).

Zumstein posted the top scores on both diving boards with marks of 283.57 on the 1-meter and 298.58 on the 3-meter against Butler on Friday. On Saturday against UIC, he earned two more victories with scores of 293.85 on the 1-meter board and 308.78 on the 3-meter. Zumstein won all four events by an average of 49 points.

Blemberg won both the 1-meter (275.92 points) and the 3-meter (297.38) diving events at the meet against Air Force. This was the fourth time this season that Blemberg won both diving events at the same meet.