The Southeastern Conference named three UF athletes SEC Swimmers of the Week following Florida’s performance against Florida State on Saturday.
Junior Carlos Omana earned the SEC Male Swimmer of the Week honor for the first time, and senior Hilda Luthersdottir won her first SEC Female Swimmer of the Week award. Freshman Mitch D’Arrigo notched his third SEC Male Freshman of the Week award of this season.
Omana started off the individual competition by capturing the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:08.26 and capped it off with a win in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:54.69. Florida made it a sweep of the distance freestyle events when D’Arrigo grabbed a win in the 500-yard free (4:25.27) and another in the 200-yard free (1:38.36).
Luthersdottir touched first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.96), just 0.03 seconds ahead of Florida State’s Sami Pochowski.
She also won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.09) and swam the breast leg of the winning 400-yard medley relay (3:42.27) with the fastest split in the field.
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Senior Sebastien Rousseau swims the butterfly in the men’s 400-meter individual medley on Aug. 28 in the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational. Rousseau and the Gators start competition at the NCAA Championships today.
