Women’s swimming student-athlete Lauren Sliva has been named CabriniAthletics.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sunday, January 16. The senior’s efforts helped the Cavaliers notch their first dual meet win of the season.
Sliva, a communication major, led the Cavaliers to a 1-1 dual meet record last week, defeating Pitt-Bradford 82-62 on Friday and falling 141-80 to Marywood. In Sliva’s six events during the two meets, she posted four wins and two second place finishes.
At Pitt-Bradford, Sliva posted a victory in the 200-yard freestyle (2:19.96) and joined teammates Melanie Felkner, Elyse Phillips, and Devin McKenna to take the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:54.56). Sliva’s time of 1:10.92 was good for a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke.
In her final meet at the Dixon Center Pool, the senior was triumphant in both the 100-yard freestyle (58.90) and 200-yaard freestyle (2:11.53). The quartet of Sliva, Kimberly Crowther, Rebecca Barrett, and Phillips finished the 200-yard freestyle relay in second place with a time of 1:54.56.
Sliva has been among the best swimmers in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) all year. She has posted seven individual event victories and been part of three winning relay teams.
Sliva’s times rank among the top six time for seven different individual events. She has also participated on relay team whose times are in the top three for four separate events.
The Cavaliers will continue their season on Saturday, January 21 when they dive into Swarthmore College’s Ware Pool. The first event is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
