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Women's Swimming & Diving: Golovkina Named National Swimmer of the Week

Ksenia Golovkina was named the Division III National Swimmer of the Week after winning the 200 breaststroke and placing second in the 100 breaststroke last Saturday in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Date: February 8, 2008
Location: GRANVILLE

First-year swimmer Ksenia Golovkina (Newton, Mass./Newton South) was named the Division III National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week by collegeswimming.com after taking first-place at the five-team University of Pittsburgh Invitational on Saturday (Feb. 2).

Golovkina, who set a new Gregory Pool record in the 100 breaststroke earlier this year and currently holds the third-fastest time in NCAA Division III in the event, took second place in the event with a time of 1:05.56.  In the 200 breaststroke she improved her previous best by more than two seconds, touching in 2:24.42 which was good enough to win the event and establish a strong NCAA provisional qualifying time.

In addition to her first and second-place finishes in the breastroke events, Golovkina also swam on the fourth place 200 medley relay team that logged a "B" cut time of 1:49.29.  

Golovkina and the Big Red are gearing up for the 2008 North Coast Athletic Conference Championship which will take place at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio on Feb. 14-16.