Nicole Dorvinen

Nicole Dorvinen

  • Award
    Swimming Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/31/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Swimming and Diving
  • School
    UW-Eau Claire
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Green Bay, Wis.
  • High School
    East

Dorvinen helped the Blugolds to a 147-96 victory over UW-Whitewater on Jan. 28, by winning two events with pool-record times. She placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a pool-record time of 10:33.69, almost 40 seconds ahead of the rest of the field and more than 10 seconds faster than the previous pool record. Dorvinen also won the 500-yard freestyle with a pool-record time of 5:10.34. The previous pool record in the 500-yard event was 5:11.28, set by Laura Ladwig in 1982. The previous pool record in the 1,000-yard freestyle was 10:43.98, set by Laura Ladwig in 1981.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Abby Diehl, Junior, Prairie du Sac, Wis. (Sauk Prairie)
UW-River Falls, Hannah Wiseman, Junior, Chippewa Falls, Wis.