December 22nd, 2015

Tampa's Parker Leads TeamUnify Swimmer-of-the-Week

December 21, 2015 - Somers, WI - With four school and one Division II national record to his name, Tampa's Jeremy Parker leads the TeamUnify / CollegeSwimming.com National Swimmer-of-the-Week awards for results December 14-21.

Parker, along with Martin Hammer, Jordan Augier and Runar Borgen broke the NCAA Division II 200 freestyle relay record with a 1:18.82. That time ranks the Spartans 9th in the country among all divisions. (For his part, Hammer was named TeamUnify CollegeSwimming Sunshine State Conference Swimmer-of-the-Week). While Tampa was putting on a dominating team performance, UNLV's Lina Rathsack posted the top individual performances among Division I women. The Runnin' Rebel captured the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the CSU-East Bay Christmas Invitational. Other national winners were Jason Coombs of Florida State and Rebecca Matthews of Lynn.

Three teams each swept their respective divisional awards with UC Santa Cruz garnering Division III honors for Kristin White and Christian Leon. Simone de Rijcke and Bart Sommeling captured NAIA honors for Lindenwood-Belleville while Indian River's Jairo Emer and Leah Sims led the way among Junior Colleges.

In addition to the national winners, 41 other swimmers from 26 institutions were TeamUnify / CollegeSwimming Conference Swimmers-of-the-Week. They represented teams from: Birmingham Southern, Cal Poly, California Baptist, Canisius, Cleveland State, Delta State, Florida Southern, Florida State, Fresno Pacific, Houston, Incarnate Word, Indiana (PA), Lawrence, Lehman, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lindenwood-Belleville, Marywood, Missouri S&T, Northern Arizona, Northwestern, Rice, San Diego State, St Josephs-NY, Staten Island, Tampa, Urbana

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