Dec. 12, 2001

Hatcher and Yemm Named Collegeswimming.com Swimmers of the Week

Truman State University swept collegeswimming.com's national swimmer of the week awards for Division II on Tuesday (Dec. 11), as a pair of Bulldog juniors captured the honors for the week of Dec. 2-8.

Sara Hatcher (Kingdom City, Mo./North Callaway) was named the Division II Women's Swimmer of the Week and Drew Yemm (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest) took in the Division II men's award.

Hatcher, a school record holder and returning all-America in the 50-yard freestyle, won that event in a Division II leading 23.78 against the University of Missouri. She followed that up with a leadoff split of 23.90 on the 200 freestyle relay, which posted a Division II qualifying time of 1:37.36.

Yemm won three events in the dual with Missouri, two of which were relays with NCAA qualifying times. He anchored the 200 medley relay with a 20.50 split for a 0.02 win and a Division II qualifying time of 1:33.70. He led off the winning 200 free relay (1:23.97) with a split of 21.02 and won the 50 free in 21.42 seconds.

In all, four of the six national swimmers of the week for Dec. 2-8 hailed from Missouri. Two University of Missouri swimmers, Sarah Lo and Matt Ferrarelli, swept the Division I awards.

CollegeSwimming.com is a leading news source for NCAA Swimming and Diving. Coaches, sports information contacts and other affiliates nominate athletes, on the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, who are then selected by a panel of collegiate swimming coaches.

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