Regan Smith Earns Pair of Pac-12 Postseason Awards
Stanford freshman Regan Smith took residence two Pac-12 Postseason Awards announced on Monday, named the convention’s Swimmer of the Tear and Freshman of the 12 months.
Stanford’s Greg Meehan was named the Coach of the 12 months for the fifth time and first since 2018.
Arizona dominated the diving honors, due to Diver of the 12 months Delaney Schnell and coach Dwight Dumais, Schnell repeating in her honor. Utah freshman Holly Waxman was named the highest rookie.
Smith joins elite firm as simply the fifth swimmer to be named Pac-12 Swimmer and Freshman of the 12 months concurrently. The others are Stanford’s Ella Eastin (2016) and Caroline Bruce (2005), and California’s Elizabeth Pelton (2013) and Natalie Coughlin (2001).
Pac-12 Postseason Awards Photograph Courtesy: Pac-12 Athletics
The Olympian from Lakeville, Minn., led Stanford to its twenty fourth Pac-12 title. The Cardinal completed third at NCAAs.
She scored 238.5 factors within the postseason, on the convention championships and NCAAs. At Pac-12s, Smith received the 100 backstroke – in a conference record 49.50 – and 200 butterfly and swam on 4 profitable relays. She set the quickest time within the nation within the 200 fly (1:50.99) and went on to win the 200 back at NCAAs in 1:47.76. Along with her gold medal within the 200 again, Smith was the runner-up within the 100 again, 200 fly and 400 free relay. Smith received silver within the 200 fly and bronze within the 100 again on the Tokyo Olympics final summer time.
Meehan provides one other Coach of the 12 months Accolade to his wins in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. It coincides along with his fifth Pac-12 title in cost, toppling defending champion Cal by an enormous margin. The Cardinal scored 1,671.5 points at Pac-12s, profitable all 5 relays and 12 of 18 complete occasions. The third-place exhibiting at NCAAs was the seventh top-three lead to 10 seasons in cost for the USA ladies’s head coach on the Tokyo Olympics.
Schnell is the Pac-12 Diver of the yr once more, off a summer time through which she won silver in the 10-meter synchro at the Tokyo Olympics. The senior received the 1-meter and platform occasions at Pac-12s for the second consecutive season, to go along with a runner-up end result on 3-meter to earn Diver of the Meet recognition. She completed second on platform at NCAAs, tied for fourth on 3-meter and fifth on 1-meter.
Dumais earned his first Coach of the 12 months nod in his fifth season with the Wildcats on the facility of Schnell’s podium finishes. The Wildcats scored 161 factors at Pac-12s.
Waxman is the primary Utah diver to win the Freshman of the 12 months award. She positioned sixth at Pac-12s on 1-meter and ninth on platform, the highest rookie in every. The native of Leeds, England, competed at NCAAs in each springboard occasions, ending twenty first on 1-meter and thirty eighth on 3-meter.
