UC Santa Barbara sophomore Jennifer Schwalb cut almost seven seconds off of her season-best 400-yard I.M. time at the Texas Invitational.
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Grant Hurst (Bakersfield, Calif./Stockdale HS) earned this week's Big West Male Swimmer of the Week award after a stellar performance at the speedy Texas Invitational. Hurst raced to a lifetime-best 1:39.41 in the 200-yard freestyle and clocked a 46.04 in the preliims of the 100 freestyle — both the fastest times in the Big West this season.
UC Santa Barbara sophomore Jennifer Schwalb (Ridgecrest, Calif./Burroughs HS) was named the Big West Female Swimmer of the Week after a pair of top-10 finishes at the Texas Invitational. Schwalb also set two new UC Santa Barbara records in the 100 butterfly (55.41) and the 200 butterfly (2:01.48). She took sixth overall in the 200 butterfly and ninth in the 400 I.M. (4:22.30). All three are the top times in the Big West, and her 2:04.49 is the second fastest 200 I.M. time in the conference.