Griesemer, Morrison and Lefeber Honored by ECAC
The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced its Athletes of the Week, honoring Nickie Griesemer, Matt Morrison and Joshua Lefeber.
Griesemer finished third in the women's 1-meter dive on the second day of competition, earning a score of 475.20 in the preliminaries and a score of 474.50 in the finals. As a team, the Bombers dominated in the 3-meter dive, taking the top three spots to complete Ithaca's sweep of all diving events for the meet. Griesemer placed first with a score of 541.00 to set a championship record.
Morrison earned the top spot in the 3-meter dive on the first night of competition, taking first with a score of 571.50. Morrison's preliminary score of 592.60 marked a new program, pool, association and meet record. He dominated in the 1-meter dive on day three, taking first with a point total of 582.30. Morrison's performance set the meet record and earned him a sweep of both men's diving events. Morrison's selection as Diver of the Meet marked the second-straight year he has earned the award, and third-straight year an Ithaca diver has been selected.
Lefeber won three individual events – all in NCAA B-cut times – and was part of four relays that met the B-cut qualifying time to help the Ducks earn the team championship for the third time in five years and second-straight. He earned a win in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:52.34, carded a 4:03.22 in the 400-IM and clocked a 57.39 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Lefeber was a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay (3:01.49), the school- and conference-record setting 200-free relay (1:21.98), the third place 200-medley relay (1:32.25) and the third place 400-medley relay (3:23.05).