Jan. 31, 2005
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU Swimming and Diving Weekly Release
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San Diego State Travels to Northern Arizona for Final Dual-Meet of the Season on Saturday
* San Diego State (5-7, 1-6 MWC) travels to Flagstaff, Ariz., for its final dual-meet of the season against Northern Arizona (4-2). The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. PST at the Wall Aquatic Center.
Saturday's contest concludes a five-meet stretch in which the Aztecs have had to travel. In those meets, SDSU lost to UNLV, came in sixth at the UNLV Invite, finished sixth, third and fifth in the three meets at the UCI Invite, lost to Hawai'i and defeated LMU and Pepperdine last Friday.
After the NAU meet, the Aztecs will return home and have two and a half weeks to prepare for the Mountain West Conference Championships in Oklahoma City on Feb. 23-26.
Weekly Recap
* Last Friday, the San Diego State swimming and team defeated Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine at Burns Aquatic Center on the campus of Loyola Marymount. The Aztecs posted a 107-98 win over the Lions and cruised to a 144-96 victory over the Waves.
Emily Parker and Emily Schmied established season-highs in 1000-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. Parker finished first with a time of 10:27.68, 34 seconds faster than the Kady Skora of Pepperdine, in the 1000 freestyle. Schmied's time of 58.88 in the 100 fly was just enough to edge out the Lions' Angela Samuels who finished with a time of 59.03.
In the 200-yard free relay, the team of Tamarah Binek, Adrienne Conte, Parker and Samantha Peters swam to a first-place finish with a season-best time of 1:39.27. SDSU's Katie Smith, Lindsay Hnyda, Schmied and Caitlin Friedhoff finished the 400-yard medley relay in second, but established a season-high time of 3:58.09 in the process.
With the pair of wins, the Aztecs improve to 8-0 against LMU and 6-0 versus Pepperdine dating back to the 1999-00 season.
Arizona Homecoming
* The trip to Arizona will be a homecoming of sorts for freshman Lindsay Hnyda. Despite being from Tucson, approximately four hours away, Hnyda will be making her first appearance in her home state as a member of the Aztecs.
Hnyda prepped at Sabino High School, where she earned four varsity letters and was named Scholastic All-American.
In 2003, as the team's captain, she was a member of the 200 medley relay team that earned All-America honors.
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