Nov. 23, 2007

SOMERS, WIS. - Record breaking performances dominated this week's National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week (NCSW) honors beginning with Division I as Whitney Sprague (University of North Carolina) and Jason Dunford (Stanford University) won the honors. Amanda Terray (Lock Haven University) and Matt Golebiewski (West Chester University) grabbed Division II NCSW honors this week. While Molly Evans (Carnegie Mellon University) and Tim Whitbeck (Grove City College) took Division III NCSW honors. The six were selected based on their performances November 13 - November 19, 2007 by a panel of collegiate coaches and nominated by coaches, sports information directors, conference representatives and CollegeSwimming.com staffers.

Whitney Sprague's Resume From 2007 Nike Cup

Whitney Sprague, University of North Carolina
Jr., Bronxville, N.Y.
The North Carolina women's swimming and diving team finished no lower than second place in all seven events in the final day of the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup Invitational at Koury Natatorium. The Tar Heels won the competition with an overall total of 1057 points. Virginia Tech's women finished second with 934.5 points. Clemson took third with 655 points, Kentucky took fourth with 537, East Carolina took fifth with 309, Syracuse took sixth with 215 and Yale took seventh with 99.5. The North Carolina women made their statement early, led by Whitney Sprague. Sprague shattered UNC and Atlantic Coast Conference records with her time in the 1650 freestyle (15:51.02). The time is an "A" qualifier for the 2008 NCAA Championships. She broke the school record in both the 1000 and 1650 freestyle. Sprague also broke the ACC record for the 1000, set in 2001, and the ACC record for the 1650, set in 2003, both set by Cara Lane of Virginia. She also had a record-breaking performance in the 500 freestyle (4:41.09) Friday, Sprague took first in the 200 freestyle (1:48.36).