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Louisville and Notre Dame Earn Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior Joao De Lucca of Louisville was named BIG EAST Athlete of the Week in men’s swimming and diving and sophomore Emma Reaney of Notre Dame earned BIG EAST Athlete of the Week honors in women’s swimming and diving in the sixth weekly awards of the 2012-13 season.

De Lucca competed in three events at the USA Swimming Winter Nationals. The junior finished second in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle with times of 42.05 and 1:32.57 respectively. De Lucca beat Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte and two-time NCAA champion Clay Youngquist of Texas in the 200 freestyle. He also placed fourth in the 50 freestyle with a school-record mark of 19.61 seconds.

Reaney claimed three first-place finishes at the Ohio State Invitational. The meet featured nine teams that were ranked in the top 25. Notre Dame finished fifth with 440 points. The sophomore posted four NCAA qualifying marks, one NCAA provisional qualifying mark, three meet records and five school records. She took first in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley with times of 1:00.04, 2:07.60 and 1:55.05 respectively. She also finished fourth in the 400 individual medley with a mark of 4:10.23 and set a meet record in the prelims with a time of 4:08.63. She qualified in the 200 individual medley, 100 and 200 breaststroke and as a member of the 400 medley relay and provisionally qualified for the 400 individual medley.

The 2012-13 Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week honors will be awarded throughout the season when at least half of the teams are participating. The next weekly awards will be announced on Jan. 15.

Notes From Around the League:

Louisville and Notre Dame ranked No. 17 and No. 21 respectively in the Nov. 13 women’s CSCAA coaches’ poll. The Cardinals and Fighting Irish ranked No. 15 and No. 19 nationally in the men’s Nov. 20 CSCAA coaches’ poll.

Junior Joao De Lucca of Louisville has the fastest time in the nation in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 1:32.57, second fastest time in the 100 freestyle in 42.05 and sixth fastest in the 50 freestyle with a time of 19.61.

Sophomore Caryle Blondell of Louisville has the seventh fastest mark in the country in the 100 freestyle at 43.16 seconds.

Sophomore Emma Reaney of Notre Dame has the fourth fastest NCAA time in the 200 breaststroke with a mark of 2:07.60, fourth fastest time in the 200 individual medley with a mark of 1:55.05 and seventh fastest time in the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 59.38.

Sophomore Addison Bray of Louisville has the ninth best mark in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:55.82.

Top BIG EAST Times:

Event	Women	Men
50 Freestyle	Kelsi Worrell, Louisville – 22.79	Joao D Lucca, Louisville – 19.61
100 Freestyle	Kelsi Worrell, Louisville – 49.37	Joao D Lucca, Louisville – 42.05
200 Freestyle	Kelsi Worrell, Louisville – 1:46.62	Joao D Lucca, Louisville – 1:32.57
400 Freestyle	Devon Cameron, Providence – 4:37.89	Justin Tse, Providence – 4:16.83
500 Freestyle	Abigail Chin, Louisville – 4:46.02	Frank Dyer, Notre Dame – 4:20.63
800 Freestyle	Kelly O’Neill, Providence – 9:28.23	John Fatigati, Providence – 8:53.50
1000 Freestyle	Roxanne Tammadge, Villanova – 10:05.57	Bryan Draganosky, Louisville – 9:18.61
1650 Freestyle	Hayley Edwards, Villanova – 16:30.51	Bryan Draganosky, Louisville – 15:12.51
100 Backstroke	Kim Holden, Notre Dame – 53.07	Adam Maczewski, Pittsburgh – 47.59
200 Backstroke	Kelly Ryan, Notre Dame – 1:54.05	Bertie Nel, Notre Dame – 1:45.99
100 Breaststroke	Emma Reaney, Notre Dame – 59.38	Kameron Chastain, Louisville – 53.70
200 Breaststroke	Emma Reaney, Notre Dame – 2:07.60	Addison Bray, Louisville – 1:55.82
100 Butterfly	Kim Holden, Notre Dame – 52.98	Joao D Lucca, Louisville – 48.15
200 Butterfly	Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville – 1:56.95	Juan Lopez, Louisville – 1:46.74
200 IM	Emma Reaney, Notre Dame – 1:55.05	Alex Burtch, Louisville – 1:47.86
400 IM	Emma Reaney, Notre Dame – 4:08.63	Nolan Tesone, Louisville – 3:51.93
200 Freestyle Relay	Notre Dame – 1:31.44	Louisville – 1:18.48
400 Freestyle Relay	Notre Dame – 3:21.38	Louisville – 2:53.05
800 Freestyle Relay	Louisville – 7:18.08	Notre Dame – 6:30.72
200 Medley Relay	Cincinnati – 1:29.56	Louisville – 1:28.21
400 Medley Relay	Notre Dame – 3:35.16	Louisville – 3:15.26

This Week in BIG EAST Swimming and Diving:

12/8/12	Catholic and Howard at Georgetown	1:00 p.m.
12/13/12	Pittsburgh at Christmas Meet	TBA
12/14/12	Pittsburgh at Christmas Meet	TBA
12/15/12	Pittsburgh at Christmas Meet	TBA
12/16/12	Louisville at Sarasota Invitational	TBA