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2010-11 NWC Student-Athletes of the Week April 12 Women's Golf - Emily Guthrie Guthrie earned her third medalist finish of 2010-11 at the Whitman Invitational, finishing two shots ahead of the second-place finisher. Men's Tennis - Colin Zalewski Zalewski helped Whitworth finish out its best regular season in tennis in more than 20 years with victories in both of his singles matches and both of his doubles matches. Women's Field - Erica Cox Cox finished third in the hammer (170’-8”) behind throwers from Idaho and WSU. She came within an inch of her own school record. She also finished seventh in the discus with a distance of 128’-4”. Men's Field - Carter Comito Comito improved his NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the discus, winning the event with his throw of 184’-3”. He was a foot short of Fred Shaffer’s school record, set in 1961. At the time, Shaffer’s mark was the US National Record. Comito also finished fifth in the shot put during the meat, featuring mostly NCAA DI athletes. Women's Track - Tonya Turner Turner set her second school record in as many weeks, breaking the Whitworth mark in the 1500 meter run with a conference-leading 4:36.59, which is also an NCAA provisional mark. She finished third behind two Idaho runners. She also finished fourth in the 800 with a season-best 2:18.90. April 5 Men's Field - Carter Comito Carter finished second in the shot put at the Whitworth Sam Adams Classic to a thrower from Idaho. More important, his mark of 52’-1.75” now leads the NWC and is an improvement over his previous NCAA qualifying mark. March 22 Women's Track - Elizabeth Mattila Mattila won the 400 hurdles with a strong NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time. Her time of 1:03.81 is the best in the NWC this season by a wide margin. Men's Field - Alex Hymel Hymel broke a 21-year old Whitworth record and posted an NCAA DIII automatic qualifying mark with his javelin throw on Saturday. He broke the previous Whitworth record of 211-11 by nearly five feet. His throw leads the NWC this season. March 15 March 8 Field Women - Erica Cox Cox broke a 21-year-old school record in the discus with a toss of 149’-0” at the Willamette Opener. February 8 Swimming Women - Melissa Barringer Barringer won both breaststroke events in season-best times, in 1:08.20 in the 100 and 2:32.23 in the 200. Her 100 time is second-best in the NWC this season. She also swam the breaststroke leg on the winning medley relay. February 1 January 25 Swimming Women - Jennifer Benson Benson was the only Pirate woman to win four individual events as the Pirates swept Puget Sound and PLU. She was also the anchor leg on two winning relays. Whitworth’s women extended their NWC dual meet winning streak to 34 in a row. Swimming Men - Kalen Darling Darling led Whitworth road dual meet victories at Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran by winning all four of his individual events. He also led off the winning medley relay at UPS. Whitworth’s men have won 77 NWC dual meets in a row. January 18 January 4 December 7 Swimming Men - Rory Buck Buck won both breaststroke events at the Husky Invitational, earning automatic NCAA qualifying marks in both events. Both of his times lead the nation at the NCAA DIII level. He was also part of five relays that finished in second place, behind only NCAA DII Grand Canyon. November 30 Basketball Men - Michael Taylor Taylor averaged 19.0 points per game and rebounded 5.0 rebounds per game in three Pirate victories. He made 60% of his shots from the field and 85% of his free throws, Whitworth defeated Carthage (#5 in D3hoops.com preseason poll) and Luther to win the Surf’s Up Classic in Hawaii. November 16 Swimming Men - Aaron Vaccaro Vaccaro won all four of his individual events over the weekend. His time in the 50 free is within a half second of Whitworth’s school record and his 100 fly time is less than a second off the Pirate school record. He also swam the butterfly leg on both winning medley relays against Pacific and Lewis & Clark. Football - Adam Anderson Anderson ran for six touchdowns against UPS to tie his own single game school record and passed for another score to account for a total of seven touchdowns in a single game. He averaged 11.2 yards per carry. On his 18th carry of the game he surpassed Whitworth’s career rushing yardage record and ends his Pirate career with 3,338 yards. He also extended his school touchdowns scored record to 55. November 9 Volleyball - Kaimi Rocha Rocha led Whitworth to a pair of road sweeps at Willamette and L&C, giving the Pirates an NWC title. She averaged 5.5 kills and 3.5 digs per set in the two victories. November 2 Soccer Offensive Women - Sarah Berentson Berentson scored a pair of match-winning goals to lead Whitworth to a pair of NWC victories against Willamette and Linfield. She totaled three goals and an assist during the weekend. October 26 October 12 October 5 Cross Country Women - Tonya Turner Turner finished 12th and was the top NCAA DIII runner (the next closest was her own teammate in 15th) at the Willamette Charles Bowles Invite, placing 12th out of 257 runners with a time of 17:52.90. She led the Pirate women to the best NCAA DIII finish. Volleyball - Kaimi Rocha Rocha led Whitworth to a pair of NWC road wins over the weekend. She set a career high with 27 kills versus Pacific and helped lead Whitworth back from a 2-0 sets deficit at Linfield. She averaged 4.7 kills and 3.6 digs per set. September 28 September 21 September 14 September 7 Cross Country Women - Tonya Turner Turner led Whitworth to a 1-2-3-4 finish and team title at the Whitman Invitational, winning the individual race for the second straight year. Click here for 2009-10 NWC Student-Athletes of the Week
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