NEW ORLEANS - For the second straight week, University of New Orleans
swimmer
Cristina Lay has been named the Sun Belt Conference's women's
swimmer of the week.
Lay had a banner performance against Southern Illinois last Friday to
begin her week. She opened up competition with a win in the 200 fly
(2:09.59) and followed it with a victory in the 200 IM (2:10.42),
besting three swimmers from SIU in each event. The triumphs marked her
seventh and eighth individual wins in nine events on the year to that
point.
The
next day, the native of Peru broke the Privateers school-record in the
400 IM with a time of 4:39.99 against defending conference champion
Western Kentucky. In doing so, she topped the previous record
established by
Lindsey Townsend of 4:50.74 in 2007.
In addition
to her record-breaking performance, Lay finished second in the 200
breast (2:29.49) and 400 IM (4:39.99) while placing third in the 200
fly (2:10.99).
Lay and her teammates will compete this Saturday at the Reilly Center against Alabama, beginning at 11 a.m.
