NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. - The Niagara swimming and diving team recently announced its end of the year awards, highlighted by sophomore Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) picking up the award for Most Outstanding Male Performer.
BOSTON, Mass.- The final day of the ECAC Championship event was intense for the Niagara swimming and diving teams, with sophomore diver Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) picking up the 2009 ECAC Men's Diver of the Meet award.
BOSTON, Mass. - Sophomore diver Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) and junior swimmer Dana Vernal (Milford, Conn.) had strong individual showings for the Niagara swimming and diving team at the 2009 ECAC Championships on Saturday night at Harvard University.
BOSTON, Mass. - Sophomore diver Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) became just the second Purple Eagle to ever claim an ECAC title, winning the one-meter diving event on the first day of the ECAC Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University on Friday night.
BALTIMORE, Md. - Sophomore Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) was able to claim the MAAC Championship in the one-meter diving event, a happening that completed a big day three for Niagara's swimming and diving team that also saw three school records broken.
Shanks Records Purple Pride Performer Award NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. - Freshman swimmer Lisa Shanks (Yorkton, Va.) broke into the swimming scene in a big way this past weekend, breaking a pair of records in her first collegiate meet. She has claimed the Purple Pride Performer of the Week award for her efforts.
Ashley Clingersmith
Clingersmith Tabbed Niagara University Athlete of the Week NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – Freshman Ashley Clingersmith (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Falls) was named the Niagara University Athlete of the Week Monday after winning six events to help the Purple Eagle women’s swimming and diving teams to a 2-0 week.
Wiles Named Niagara University Athlete of the Week NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – Sophomore Hope Wiles (Baltimore, Md.) was named Niagara University’s Athlete of the Week Monday after helping the Purple Eagle swimming and diving team to a 3-0 weekend.
