Men’s Swimming & Diving’s Namakonov and Siegfried Win ASUN Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of Delaware males’s swimming & diving seniors Matvei Namakonov and Kevin Siegfried earned Atlantic Sun Men’s Swimmer and Men’s Diver of the Week, respectively, for the week of January 20, the convention introduced Tuesday.

The two student-athletes earn the nod after serving to their squad to a 201-99 victory over George Mason of their closing dwelling twin meet of their profession.

Namakonov completed first in all 4 occasions he competed in throughout his closing dwelling twin meet of his profession in a win over George Mason. He began off the day swimming the breaststroke portion of the 200-medley relay, ending with a 21.70 break up. The senior returned to the pool to swim the 50-free, doing so at 19.89. In the primary males’s occasion after the mid-meet break, he set a pool document within the 100-free, swimming it at 43.64. During the ultimate occasion of the meet, Namakonov led the 400-free relay, swimming the primary 100 yards in 42.97.

Siegfried gained the 1-meter dive occasion and positioned second within the 3-meter dive occasion in Delaware’s drubbing over George Mason in his final-career dwelling twin meet. Siegfried scored 289.20 within the 1-meter dive, ending 31.20 factors forward of the following highest scorer. In the 3-meter dive, the ultimate occasion of the day, Siegfried once more reached the 280.00 mark, scoring a 284.18, inserting second within the occasion. Both scores had been season highs for the senior.

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The Blue Hens’ subsequent meet is the ASUN Championships, in Orlando, Fla., from February 18-21. This would be the squad’s first time competing within the championship for its new league.

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