Ladies’s Swimming & Diving: Macalester’s Uhlhorn-Thornton Chosen MIAC Ladies’s Swimmer of the Week

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Macalester College senior Izzy Uhlhorn-Thornton (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais) was named the MIAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week for the week ending Oct. 26, the league introduced right this moment. Uhlhorn-Thornton received two particular person occasions and swam on one profitable relay group to assist the Scots open the 2025-26 season with a victory over Saint Benedict on Saturday.

Swimming her specialty, Uhlhorn-Thornton was first within the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.75 and received the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of two:28.47. Both instances lead the MIAC thus far this season. She is the two-time defending MIAC champion in each occasions. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Uhlhorn-Thornton helped the Scots win with a time of 1:41.56.

This is the third MIAC Swimmer of the Week award for Uhlhorn-Thornton, who has received 4 particular person MIAC titles, swam on two MIAC-champion relays and is a 10-time All-MIAC performer. She holds two particular person faculty data and is part of two faculty record-setting relays.

Macalester returns to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 8 with a meet at Carleton in Northfield, Minn.