Navy's Dietrich Named National Swimmer of the Week

<p>Earns accolade after Army-Navy meet </p>

<p>Dec. 7, 2006</p>

<p>SOMERS, Wis. - Five record-setting performances during the recent Army-Navy dual meet helped Navy freshman Mallory Dietrich (Pittsburgh, Pa.) garner National Collegiate Division I Female Swimmer-of-the-Week accolades from <a href="http://www.collegeswimming.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.collegeswimming.com&lt;/a>, it was announced Wednesday by the organization. </p>

<p>Dietrich, who earned her lone Patriot League Swimmer-of-the-Week nod of the season in early November, won a trio of individual events during the Nov. 30 meet against the Black Knights to raise her combined record to 25-0 on the season. She posted times of 1:02.94 to win the 100 breaststroke, 2:19.34 to win the 200 breaststroke and 56.38 to win the 100 butterfly. Her combined margin of victory in the three events was 13.39 seconds. </p>

<p>Each of those performances broke their respective Army-Navy Meet record for a yards pool, her 100 breast time was a new school and Patriot League record, her 200 breast clocking ranks fourth in Navy history and her 100 fly time stands fifth in program history. Additionally, her 100 breast and 100 fly times established new Crandall Pool (West Point, N.Y.) records, while her 100 breast clocking is also an NCAA 'B' cut time. </p>

<p>Dietrich began the meet by swimming the third leg (butterfly) of Navy's victorious 200 medley relay team, with the foursome setting a new school, pool and meet record with a time of 1:44.69 in the process. She then closed the evening by swimming the second leg of a non-scoring 400 freestyle relay team for Navy which established a new meet record with a time of 3:31.00. </p>

<p>Dietrich's performances helped Navy improve to 10-0 on the year with its 216-84 victory over Army. It was the 18th-straight win in the series by the Mids, who hold a 22-4 series advantage over the Black Knights.</p>