University of North Carolina Athletics
O'Connor Named ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week
February 8, 2011 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 8, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina freshman Dan O'Connor registered two NCAA `B' qualifying times and has been honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week.
O'Connor recorded four career-best times in a dual meet win over arch-rival Duke and in the College Cup Invitational in Durham, N.C., over the weekend. The Syracuse, N.Y., native broke the Duke pool record Sunday in both the 1000-yard and 1650-yard freestyle at 9:06.26 and 15:05.98, respectively. Those times are also good for third and fourth in UNC history in those events, while his cut in the 1650 is also a NCAA `B' qualifier. In the dual meet against Duke Friday, O'Connor won the 500 free in 4:23.62, another `B' cut and almost four seconds better than his previous career best.
The ACC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week will be announced by 5 p.m. each Tuesday throughout the season. For more information on ACC Swimming & Diving visit http://www.theacc.com/sports/c-swim/acc-c-swim-body.html.
ACC Men's Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week
Date Name Class Event(s) School
Oct. 26 Tommy Wyher Sr. Fly/Back/Free North Carolina
Nov. 2 Scot Robison Sr. Free Virginia
Nov. 9 Brandon Makinson So. Diving Georgia Tech
Tommy Wyher Sr. Fly/Back/Free North Carolina
Nov. 16 Matt McLean Sr. Free Virginia
Nov. 23 Matt McLean Sr. Free/Fly Virginia
Nov. 30 Rob Holderness Sr. Breast Florida State
Dec. 7 Matt McLean Sr. Free/Fly Virginia
Jan. 11 Matt McLean Sr. Free Virginia
Jan. 18 Landon Marzullo Sr. Diving Florida State
David MacDonald Jr. Diving North Carolina
Jan. 25 Peter Geissinger Jr. Free Virginia
Feb. 1 Brandon Kingston So. Free NC State
Feb. 8 Dan O'Connor Fr. Free/IM North Carolina
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