PCSC Athletes of the Week: Mar. 24
The Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference announced its Athletes of the Week for the week of Mar. 15-21 on Wednesday. With many PCSC athletes competing in recent NCAA and NAIA National Championship competition, a few athletes had standout performances to set school records and earned national recognition as well. For the women, Biola's Meghan Tolman earned Swimmer of the Week and Azusa Pacific's Amy Crayne earned Diver of the Week. On the men's side, both Fresno Pacific's Iskender Baslakov and Simpson's Chadd Maurer have earned Swimmer of the Week honors.
WOMEN
Swimmer
Meghan Tolman, Biola: Tolman competed at the NCAA DII National Championships this past week. She raced in the 100 Breaststroke, where she was seeded 17th with a 1:03.20 coming into the meet. In the Prelims session, Tolman crushed her own Biola school record, breaking it by over a second, touching the wall in a 1:02.18, and qualifying her for the 3rd seed going into Finals. In the Finals, she finished just .02 off of her entry time for the meet, which resulted in an 8th place podium finish making her the first NCAA All-American in Biola Athletics history. Her 11 points scored in that event aided her other two teammates in securing a 14th place finish as a team in Biola's second-ever eligible NCAA National Championships meet. This is Tolman's first weekly honor of the season.
Diver
Amy Crayne, Azusa Pacific: Crayne won the 3m board competition with a score of 280.50 and placed 2nd on the 1m board with a score of 255.37 at the Pepperdine/LMU/APU tri-meet. Crayne continues to post strong scores on the board in limited action before heading into the conference championships. This is Crayne's first weekly honor this season and the second of her career.
MEN
Swimmer
Iskender Baslakov, Frenso Pacific: Baslakov swam at NCAA DII National Championships this past weekend where he was competed in the 100 backstroke and ended up 10th in the nation for this event, touching the wall with 47.5 which is his season best time. This is Baslakov's first weekly honor this season and third of his career.
Chadd Maurer, Simpson: Maurer at the NAIA Collegiate Championships this past weekend and led the way with two 3rd place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyle along with a 4thplace finish in the 200 freestyle. He broke his own school records in all three events: 50 (20.65), 100 (45.70) and 200 (1:42.25) and now has the top times in the conference in the 50 and 100 going into next month's conference championships. Maurer also helped Simpson's men's relays to a 4th place finish in the 800 free relay, 4th in the 200 free relay, 3rd in the 300 medley relay and 5th in the 400 free relay. This is Maurer's first weekly honor and this first for Simpson since joining the PCSC.
The PCSC includes institutions from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). All three divisions of the NCAA are represented. Each week, the PCSC coaches nominate and vote on the Athletes of the Week in seven categories: NCAA Division I women, Division II men and women, Division III men and women and NAIA men and women. You can find the Athlete of the Week archive here.
