Lehigh University Athletics
Fennell Named Patriot League Female Diver of the Week
10/10/2017 3:01:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
PATRIOT LEAGUE RELEASE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a record-setting performance in her collegiate debut, Lehigh freshman Megan Fennell was tabbed the Patriot League Female Diver of the Week as announced by the league on Tuesday.
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Fennell swept the one-meter and three-meter events in her first collegiate competition and out-performed All-Patriot League performer Lizzie Tillo from Boston U in the process. The Washington, D.C. native set school and freshman records in the one-meter dive and helped lead the Lehigh women to its first-ever win over league foe Boston U.
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She opened the day by winning the one-meter dive with a score of 264.90, surpassing the school record of 256.87 set in 1992 and the freshman record of 229.90 established in 1989. Fennell then went on to win the three-meter dive with a score of 261.22, just 3.13 points shy of the program's freshman record. Fennell posted a 28.42 margin of victory in the one-meter dive and a 20.47 margin of victory in the three-meter dive, beating out Tillo in both events.
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Fennell is only the second Lehigh female diver to earn at Patriot League weekly honor, joining Laura Gray from the 2005-06 season. This is also the first swimming or diving weekly honor for the program since Courtney Patterson was named the Female Swimmer of the Week towards the end of the 2014-15 season.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a record-setting performance in her collegiate debut, Lehigh freshman Megan Fennell was tabbed the Patriot League Female Diver of the Week as announced by the league on Tuesday.
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Fennell swept the one-meter and three-meter events in her first collegiate competition and out-performed All-Patriot League performer Lizzie Tillo from Boston U in the process. The Washington, D.C. native set school and freshman records in the one-meter dive and helped lead the Lehigh women to its first-ever win over league foe Boston U.
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She opened the day by winning the one-meter dive with a score of 264.90, surpassing the school record of 256.87 set in 1992 and the freshman record of 229.90 established in 1989. Fennell then went on to win the three-meter dive with a score of 261.22, just 3.13 points shy of the program's freshman record. Fennell posted a 28.42 margin of victory in the one-meter dive and a 20.47 margin of victory in the three-meter dive, beating out Tillo in both events.
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Fennell is only the second Lehigh female diver to earn at Patriot League weekly honor, joining Laura Gray from the 2005-06 season. This is also the first swimming or diving weekly honor for the program since Courtney Patterson was named the Female Swimmer of the Week towards the end of the 2014-15 season.
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