Nassau, Bahamas, freshman named weekly award winner for second time in three weeks
EASTON, Mass. (December 7, 2021) – Stonehill College freshman Jami Hepburn has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week for women's swimming and diving for the second time this season, the league office announced today.
Hepburn, who also earned NE10 Rookie of the Week accolades on November 23, recorded two breaststroke times that rank in the top two on the NE10 season performance chart to highlight the Skyhawks first championship meet in program history at the ECAC Winter Championships in New York this weekend. She made program history on Saturday morning by becoming the first Skyhawk to earn a B-cut final spot and led all non-Division I entries in the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday, winning the B-final in 1:06.29 (9th overall out of 46 entries) after qualifying 11th in the morning with her school-record time of 1:06.18, which ranks first in the NE10 this season. She followed that up with a third-place finish in Sunday's 200-yard breaststroke C-final (19th overall out of 36) in a school-record 2:28.41, which ranks second in the NE10 this season, after posting a prelims time of 2:29.33 to finish second among non-Division I entries.
Hepburn owns the fastest time in the NE10 for the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke events (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Hepburn also competed in the 50-yard freestyle (26.08 - 61st of 107) and 100-yard freestyle (58.14 - 60th). She was also part of Stonehill's 200-yard freestyle relay that finished 13th (first among non-Division I's) in 1:42.10, 200-yard medley relay that took 12th (first among non-Division I's) in 1:50.74, 400-yard medley relay that finished 11th (first among non-Division I's) in 4:01.25 and 400-yard freestyle B-relay that was 15th (2nd among non-D1's behind the Skyhawks A) in 3:47.03.
Hepburn has competed in all five of Stonehill's meets in officially its inaugural season in program history after the Skyhawks took part in virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020-21. She currently ranks second on the team for the 50-yard freestyle (26.08-seconds), while ranking first on the team in all three breaststroke distances, leading the NE10 at 50 (30.68) and 100-yards (1:06.18) and ranking second in the Conference for 200-yards (2:28.41). Hepburn has recorded three event wins, eight top three finishes and ten top five's in her 17 individual swims so far this season.
Stonehill is now off for the holiday break and returns to competition on Saturday, January 15, with a dual meet at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth at noon. The Skyhawks will compete at their first NE10 Championships February 3-6 in Worcester, Massachusetts, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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