Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Athletes of the Week
2/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
OXFORD, Ohio – For their performances last week sophomore diver Sean Sargent and senior swimmer Annie Marquiss are Miami’s Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications for the week of Feb. 2-8.
Sargent racked up points for the RedHawks with two top finishes in the diving competition as Miami defeated Ball State in its final regular-season meet, 160-135. Sargent won the one-meter event with a final score of 325.27. He finished second in the three-meter dive, totaling 347.77 points. Sargent’s efforts qualified him for zones.
This is the first time in his career that Sargent has been named Miami’s Male Athlete of the Week.
Marquiss had a big day in her last regular-season meet as a RedHawk, helping Miami to a 172-126 win at Ohio to finish 4-0 in the MAC an 7-2 in dual meets this season. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.79, 0.37 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Marquiss also won the 100-yard freestyle, clocking in at 52.28, 0.33 seconds faster than the next competitor. She competed on the winning 400-yard freestyle team, touching the wall in 3:29.72. The team finished 1.14 seconds before Ohio’s second-place team. Marquiss swam the last leg of the race in 51.93 seconds, which was also 1.14 seconds faster than anyone else who swam that leg.
This is the first time in her career that Marquiss has earned Miami’s Female Athlete of the Week honor.
The next Miami Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications will be announced Monday, Feb. 16. For a list of this year’s winner’s, click here.
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