Spitzer, LaBerge, Dodway and Diotalevi with Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. – The MAAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week is Marist College senior John Spitzer. Meredith LaBerge a senior from Fairfield University is the MAAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week. Josh Dodway a junior from Marist College is the MAAC Men’s Diver of the week. The MAAC Women’s Diver of the Week is Renata Diotalevi a Marist College junior.
John Spitzer a Marist college senior is the MAAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week. In Marist’s dual meet at Seton Hall on Jan. 24, Spitzer was the anchor of the first place 400-yard freestyle relay team that clocked in at 3:09.00 to set a new dual meet program record. He helped lead the Red Foxes’ 200-yard medley relay team to a second place finish. Individually, he won two freestyle events. His first place time of 47.71 seconds in the 100-yard event was a season best. He swam 50 yards in 21.31 seconds to take the top spot.
Fairfield University senior Meredith LaBerge is the MAAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week. In the January 24 meet against Boston College at the RecPlex Pool, LaBerge posted two individual victories on the evening. She captured the 1500m freestyle event with a time of 18:01.85, for a personal best. She clocked a time of 4:39.65 in the 400m freestyle event to place first. LaBerge was also the runner-up in the 200m freestyle event with a personal best time of 2:14.68
Marist College junior Josh Dodway is the MAAC Men’s Diver of the Week. Dodway upped his NCAA Zone Qualifying score in the 1-meter dive during Marist’s meet at Seton Hall on Jan. 24. He racked up 303.60 points to take the top spot and placed second on the 3-meter board with a score of 293.93 points.
Renata Diotalevi a junior from Marist College is the MAAC Women’ s Diver of the Week. Diotalevi qualified for the NCAA Zone Qualifier Championships in the 1-meter dive after leading Marist to a 1-2-3 finish in a 159-141 win over Seton Hall on Jan. 24. She racked up 269.63 points to win the 1-meter event and finished with 252.83 points on the 3-meter board.
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