Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving Sweeps MVC Weekly Awards
11/27/2002 | 12:00:00 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 27, 2002
St. Louis, Mo. - Southern Illinois University newcomers Briley Bergen and Andrea Johnson swept the Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer and Diver of the Week awards respectively on Wednesday, November 27.
Freshman Briley Bergen broke two Valley records at Northwestern Invitational last week. Bergen finished third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:59.03, breaking the record set by former Saluki Leane Pienaar (4:59.94) in 2001 and posting a new league best.
Bergen, from Tampa, Fla., finished third in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:11.09, which is another MVC best this year. Her time over the first 1000 yards of the race was 10:18.90, which is the best of any 1000-yard freestyle this season and better than the MVC record of 10:20.50, also held by Pienaar.
She also swam the lead leg in the 800-yard freestyle relay, which finished third with a mark of 7:39.59, which leads the MVC as well. The award is the first in Bergen's career.
Johnson won the MVC Diver of the Week award for the third straight week. The sophomore from Elburn, Ill., finished fifth in 1-meter diving with 223.90 points. Her 3-meter dive score of 338.90 is the best in the MVC this year and was good enough for sixth place. Johnson also won the award on Oct. 2.
The SIU women will be back in the pool on January 18 at the Rec Center Pool for a dual meet against Western Kentucky on January 18.
