Jan. 23, 2006
2005-06 Winter Sports Weekly Release #9
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University has named men's swimming & diving's Eric Nilsson (Weston, Mass./Weston) and fencing's Jessica Florendo (Forest Hills, N.Y./The Dwight School) Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week.
Nilsson, a freshman, won three individual events and swam a leg on Northwestern's pool-record-setting 800 free relay squad in the Wildcats' dual-meet win over No. 19 Notre Dame Friday. Nilsson won the 200 free, the 500 free and the 200 fly, then was the second leg on the 800 free relay that finished with a time of 6:33.85, besting the seven-year-old Norris Aquatics Center record by five seconds.
Florendo, a junior foilist, went a combined 23-3 at the Penn and NYU Duals over the weekend. On Saturday at the Penn Duals in Philadelphia, she was a perfect 15-0, which included a 3-0 effort against ninth-ranked Penn. On Sunday in New York City, Florendo was 8-3 overall, going 2-1 versus No. 3 Columbia and No. 8 Yale. In NU's only team loss of the weekend, Florendo was 1-2 vs. sixth-ranked St. Johns. She was perfect 3-0 vs. NYU. Florendo's individual record is 56-8 this season while the team is 20-2 and ranked seventh in the country.