Jan. 30, 2007

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IRVING, Texas - Rice junior Brittany Massengale swept both distance events at the LSU Quad Meet last weekend to earn this week's Conference USA Swimmer of the Week award. Massengale's wins helped the Owls defeat C-USA rival Houston. The Cougars were still impressive in the diving events and claim their seventh Diver of the Week award in 2006-07. Ginni van Katwijk led the UH divers in Baton Rouge as she recorded a career-best 303.83 points on the three-meter board and notched 266.92 on the one-meter to grab the weekly honor.

SWIMMER OF THE WEEK (1/30)
BRITTANY MASSENGALE - Rice
Jr., Alma, Arkansas (Alma)
Rice junior Brittany Massengale swept both distance events last weekend at the LSU Quad Meet in Baton Rouge. Massengale won the 500-freetsyle with a time of 5:00.10 and the 1,000-free with a season-best time of 10:09.12. Her mark in the 1,000 is one of the top times in the conference this year. Massengale's wins helped the Owls defeat C-USA rival Houston, 189-152. This is Massengale's third career weekly swimming honor and her first in 2006-07.

DIVER OF THE WEEK (1/30)
GINNI VAN KATWIJK - Houston
Jr., Grootebroek, Netherlands (RSG Enkhuizen)
Van Katwijk was the Cougars' leading performer during a quad meet against Conference USA rival Rice, New Orleans and host LSU in Baton Rouge, La., last weekend. The junior finished third in both events, while scoring 266.92 points on the one-meter springboard and a career-best 303.83 points on the three-meter board. The weekly award is the first in van Katwijk's career at Houston.

2006-07 C-USA WOMEN'S SWIMMERS/DIVERS OF THE WEEK
O17	S- Szintia Szanto, Houston
	D- Anna Keiss, Houston
O24	S- Anja Carman, SMU
	D -Christie Icenhower, East Carolina
O31	S- Petra Klosova, SMU
	D- Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston
N8	S- Diane Gu, Rice
	D- Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston
N14	S- Jennifer Blackman, SMU
	D- Kristin Schild, SMU
N21	S- Petra Klosova, SMU
	D- Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston
D5	S- Erin Mattson, Rice
	D- Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston
D19	S- Katie Roberts, SMU
	D- No Diver Awarded
J9	S- Petra Klosova, SMU
	D- Kristin Schild, SMU
J16	S- Sasha Schwendenwein, Houston
	D- Christie Icenhower, East Carolina
J23	S- Szintia Szanto, Houston
	D- Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston
J30	S- Brittany Massengale, Rice
	D- Ginni van Katwijk, Houston