Jan. 29, 2007

Women's Indoor Track & Field Performer of the Week
Shareese Woods - Charlotte
Senior, Fort Lee, VA/Prince George HS
Competing at the Penn State National Invitational on Jan. 27, Woods won the 200m dash with a school record and NCAA automatic qualifying time of 23.26...marks the second-fastest time in the nation this season...finished second in the 60m dash with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.43, which tied a school record...anchored the 4x400m relay that finished fourth in a school-record time of 3:42.18...named the A-10 Performer of the Week for the third straight week.

Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookies of the Week
Lauren McCormick - Dayton
Freshman, Xenia, OH/Xenia HS McCormick finished second in the 55m dash on Jan. 27 at the Findlay Classic with a time of 7.08...added a seventh-place showing in the 200m dash.

Amy Van Alstine - Richmond
Freshman, Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park HS
Competing at the Penn State National Invitational on Jan. 27, Van Alstine finished ninth in the 3,000m with a time of 9:58.78

Men's Indoor Track & Field Performers of the Week
John Butler - La Salle
Graduate Student, Mechanicsburg, PA/Cedar Cliff HS
Competing at the Terrier Invitational at Boston University on Jan. 27, Butler set a school record in the 3,000m with a time of 8:02.35...finished fifth among collegiate runners in a field of 95 competitors.

Sean Quigley - La Salle
Senior, Braintree, MA/Archbishop Williams HS
Quigley finished fourth out of 92 runners in the mile on Jan. 27 at the Terrier Invitational at Boston University with a time of 4:02.94...provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships.

Men's Indoor Track & Field Rookies of the Week
Aaron Kauffman - Charlotte
Freshman, Etters, PA/Red Land HS
Kauffman ran a personal-best time of 1:54.56 in the 800m dash on Jan. 27 at the Penn State National Invitational...finished within two seconds of the program record.

Andrew Maxwell - La Salle
Freshman, Lemoyne, PA/Cedar Cliff HS
Competing at the Terrier Invitational at Boston University on Jan. 27, Maxwell posted a time of 48.90 in the 400m dash...qualified for the IC4A Championships...finished 10th among collegiate runners in a field of 89 runners.

Women's Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week
Lauren Beaudreau - Richmond
Sophomore, Lafayette, CA/Campolindo HS
Beaudreau won three individual events and competed on a winning relay on Jan. 26 in Richmond's 153.5-146.5 win at William & Mary...recorded winning times of 1:04.83 in the 100-yard breaststroke, 2:19.41 in the 200-yard breaststroke and 4:30.78 in the 400-yard individual medley...also swam a leg of the 200-yard medley relay that posted a time of 1:46.41...named the A-10 Performer of the Week for the third time this season.

Anneli Johnson - St. Bonaventure
Junior, Frewsburg, NY/Frewsburg HS
Johnson set a pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a winning time of 1:04.08 on Jan. 23 in St. Bonaventure's 154-73 win over Niagara...also won the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.54) and swam a leg of the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.91).

Women's Swimming & Diving Rookie of the Week
Katie Sieben - Richmond
Freshman, Seymour, CT/Seymour HS
Sieben captured gold in the 100-yard butterfly (57.53) and placed second in both the 50-yard (24.52) and 100-yard freestyle (53.09) events on Jan. 26 in Richmond's 153.5-146.5 victory at William & Mary...also swam a leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay (1:46.41)...earns his second A-10 Rookie of the Week citation.

Men's Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week
Eric Bugby - Duquesne
Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS
Bugby set pool records in the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.76) and 200-yard individual medley (1:53.88) events on Jan. 27 as Duquesne earned a 113.5-91.5 win over La Salle...also swam a leg of the winning 400-yard medley relay that finished in a pool-record time of 3:28.30.

Men's Swimming & Diving Rookie of the Week
Juan Moliere - Massachusetts
Freshman, San Juan, PR/Colegia San Ignacio
Moliere captured gold in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.62 on Jan. 27 as Massachusetts downed Binghamton (186-114) and Colgate (234-66)...finished third in the 100-yard freestyle (48.78)...swam a leg on the winning 200-yard medley relay (1:36.10) and on the 400-yard freestyle relay that finished second (3:10.55).

A-10 SPRING SPORTS HONOR ROLL - Jan. 29

Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Roy Sichel - Charlotte
Junior, Ramat Hisharon, Israel/Rotheberg School
Began the season with six wins in seven matches, including straight set victories against Navy, Temple, Delaware, St. Bonaventure, and UMBC...also captured a three-set win against Austin Peay...his lone loss came to Virginia Tech's Arvid Puranen, who is ranked No. 67 in the ITA...also went 2-1 at second doubles.

Men's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Chris Chirico - Saint Joseph's
Freshman, Sarasota, FL/Home Schooled
Posted a 2-1 record to open the season, earning wins over Army (6-3, 6-2) and Colgate (6-2, 7-5) before losing to his brother Jarrett (6-1, 6-1) in placing second at the West Point Open...teamed with his brother to win the first flight doubles title with wins over Binghamton (8-4), Colgate (8-3), and Marist (5-1, retired).

Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Pamela Duran - Richmond
Sophomore, Guayaquil, Ecuador/Colegio Aleman Humboldt
Went 2-0, including a 6-3, 1-6, 10-5 first singles win over No. 25 Virginia's Britney Larson...also garnered a first singles win over fifth-ranked Megan Moulten-Levy (7-6(7), 1-6, 11-9) of William & Mary and straight set wins over UMBC and Old Dominion.

Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Christine Clermont - Temple
Freshman, Miami Shores, FL/Miami Country Day School
Went 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles play at the Cornell Winter Invitational...at fourth singles, she advanced to the semifinals by earning a pair of wins against Cornell...at doubles she was victorious over Columbia and Binghamton in reaching the final.