Women’s Swimming Athlete – Nazareth
Carissa Risucci, Senior – Deerfield, NY/Whitesboro
 
Senior Carissa Risucci was named the Female Swimmer of the Meet at the Upper New York State/Empire 8 Championships as she led the Golden Flyers to a fourth-place team finish. Risucci won two individual events, hit one NCAA automatic-qualifying cut, one provisional cut-time, set two school records and one championship record during the four-day meet. On the final day of competition, Risucci won the 200 breaststroke with a school and championship record time of 2:16.20, automatically qualifying her for next month's NCAA Division III meet in Houston. The day before she successfully defended her title in the 100 breaststroke as she broke her own school record in the finals with a winning B-cut time of 1:03.93. Risucci also placed fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:09.49) and was part of the third-place 200 medley relay (1:48.69) and 400 medley relay (3:56.56).