INDIANAPOLIS – University of Indianapolis fifth-year Marizel van Jaarsveld and McKendree University sophomore Filipe Pinheiro have been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Athletes of the Week respectively in women’s and men’s swimming & diving, it was announced by the league office Thursday.
WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Marizel van Jaarsveld, #2 Indianapolis
5th-Yr., IM, Gauteng, South Africa
Major: Psychology
Team Results: 216-69 W at Cleveland State (1/21)
- Won four races in team win at Cleveland State
- 100 Breaststroke (1:01.75; second-fastest time in program history)
- 100 Freestyle (51.35)
- 400 Individual Medley (4:20.70)
- 200 Medley Relay (25.16 third-leg split; 1:43.95)
- Earns third career Athlete of the Week Award (1/27/22, 11/27/19, 10/23/19)
- Last Greyhounds’ Athlete of the Week: Johanna Buys (10/22/21)
MEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Filipe Pinheiro, #5 McKendree
So., IM/Breast, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Major: International Relations
Team Results: 185-83 W vs. Missouri-St. Louis (1/21) | 173.5-113.5 L vs. #9 Missouri (1/22)
- Swam four races in win against UMSL
- Won 100 Breaststroke (55.67)
- Won 200 Breast (2:02.66)
- Won 200 Medley Relay (25.00 second-leg split; 1:29.72)
- Was leadoff in 400 Freestyle Relay (45.94 split)
- Swam four races against ninth-ranked Division I foe Mizzou
- Set school record in 100 Breast win (53.02)
- Won 200 Breast (1:57.24)
- Won 200 MR (24.11 second-leg split; 1:26.56)
- Scored in 200 Individual Medley (1:52.38)
- Earns second career Athlete of the Week Award (1/27/22, 11/10/21)
- Last Bearcats’ Athlete of the Week: Xander Skinner (1/18/22)