CAA Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards - Oct. 29
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (October 29, 2024) – Towson swept the CAA weekly swimming awards with freshman Anthony Mortellite selected as the Men’s Swimmer of the Week and graduate student Martina Ciriesi chosen as the Women’s Swimmer of the Week. Delaware garnered both CAA weekly diving awards with junior Kevin Siegfried named the Men’s Diver of the Week and junior Alex Pastris tabbed as the Women’s Diver of the Week.
CAA Men's Swimmer of the Week
Anthony Mortellite, Fr., Towson (Hammonton, N.J.)
Mortellite turned in a strong performance at the Thomas Murphy Invitational. The freshman placed second in the 1650 free with a time of 15:47.84. In the 500 free prelims he posted a time of 4:32.79, which is the fastest in the CAA this season, before placing seventh in the finals (4:38.09). His time of 4:07.13 in the 400 IM is the fifth-best in the conference thus far. He was also part of the Tigers’ second-place 400 free relay team and third-place 800 free relay team.
CAA Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Martina Ciriesi, Gr., Towson (Modena, Italy)
Ciriesa was chosen as the Female Swimmer of the Meet at the Thomas Murphy Invitational after recording three individual victories. The grad student captured the 200 back with a time of 2:00.02, won the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.86 and took the 100 fly with a time of 55.32. All three performances ranked in the top five in the CAA this season. Ciresa was also part of Towson’s second-place 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams.
CAA Men’s Diver of the Week
Kevin Siegfried, Jr., Delaware (Chalfont, Pa.)
Siegfried placed first on the 1-meter board in Delaware’s meet against Yale with an NCAA Zone cut score of 301.95. He also posted a sixth-place finish in the 3-meter competition with a score of 276.30.
CAA Women’s Diver of the Week
Alex Pastris, Jr., Delaware (Broomall, Pa.)
Pastris tallied an NCAA Zone cut score of 304.20 on the 3-meter board to earn a second-place finish in Delaware’s meet with Yale. She also placed third in the 1-meter competition with a score of 264.83.
CAA MEN’S SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Oct. 8 – Gavin Currie, Delaware
Oct. 15 – Aiden Bond, William & Mary
Oct. 22 – Theo Andreopoulos, Drexel
Oct. 29 – Anthony Mortellite, Towson
CAA WOMEN’S SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Oct. 8 – Angi Ragazzoni, Delaware
Oct. 15 – Lindsay Juhlin, William & Mary
Oct. 22 – Mariana Alencar, Drexe
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Oct. 29 - Martina Ciriesi, Towson
CAA MEN’S DIVERS OF THE WEEK
Oct. 8 – Ethan Badrian, UNCW
Oct. 15 – Aidan Clark, Towson
Oct. 29 – Kevin Siegfried, Delaware
CAA WOMEN’S DIVERS OF THE WEEK
Oct. 8 – Erin Murphy, Northeastern
Oct. 15 – Shannon Parrau, Towson
Oct. 22 – Erin Murphy, Northeastern
Oct. 29 – Alex Pastris, Delaware