Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Athletes of the Week
3/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
OXFORD, Ohio – For their performances last week senior men’s swimmer Joe Baumgartner and tennis senior Alix Thurman are Miami’s Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications for the week of March 2-8.
Baumgartner captured individual MAC Championships in the 50 and 100 freestyles, and also was a part of the school-record 200-yard freestyle relay that also seized a MAC title last week at the MAC Swimming & Diving Championships. He clocked a NCAA B-Cut time of 19.90 in the finals of the 50-yard freestyle and also notched a NCAA B-Cut time in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 43.73. Baumgartner swam the lead leg of the 200 free relay to set the pace for the Red and White’s school record time. He added to the RedHawks’ point tally with a 10th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle. Baumgartner also helped Miami score points with a third-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay and fifth-place finishes in the 400 medley relay and 200 medley relay. Baumgartner contributed to 175 points of the RedHawks’ 507 team total.
This is the second time this season and third time in his career that Baumgartner has been named Miami’s Male Athlete of the Week. He last won it for the week of Jan. 12-18, 2015.
Thurman was the catalyst for Miami’s home sweep of Illinois State and No. 71 Wisconsin last weekend. On Friday, she defeated Kadi Ilves of Illinois State, 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4) in first flight and helped the RedHawks earn their second consecutive shutout victory. Her three-set thriller (6-1, 5-7, 7-5) against Wisconsin’s Lauren Chypyha capped off an impressive 5-2 victory over the 71st-ranked Badgers, Miami’s first win over a Big Ten team since January 2009. Thurman took the first set 6-1 and led 5-4 in the second before Chypyha came back win. Chpyha then went on to hold a 4-1 lead in the final set. From that point on, Thurman battled back to finally take the third set in twelve games. Prior to the match, Chypyha had won ten consecutive matches. Thurman also teamed up with Hannah Shteyn to post wins at No. 2 doubles in both matches. The duo notched an 8-5 win to help secure the doubles’ point against Wisconsin and a 6-1 win to help clinch the doubles’ point against the Redbirds.
This is the first time this season and third time in her career that Thurman has been named Miami’s Female Athlete of the Week. She last won it the week of April, 21-27, 2014.
The next Miami Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications will be announced Monday, March 16. For a list of this year’s winner’s, click here.
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