Case named SCIAC Female Athlete of the Week

ORANGE, Calif. – Chapman University sophomore women's swimmer Julie Case has been named SCIAC Female Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 6-12. The Greenwich, Conn. native becomes the first Chapman women's athlete to earn the honor since joining the SCIAC and second athlete overall.

The sophomore set school records in the 200, 500, 1,000 and 1,650-meter freestyle distances and was a member of three other school-record breaking freestyle relay teams over the weekend at the PCSC Championships. For her efforts she earned a "B" cut to Nationals, and became the first swimmer in school history to medal at the PCSC Championships and be named PCSC Swimmer of the Year.

On Saturday, Case broke records in the 1,000 free and 1,650 free by more than 30 seconds in each. She swam the 1,000 in 10:30.74 which ended up being 35 seconds faster than the previous time. She then swam the 1,650 in 17:24.94, just under a minute faster than the old record.

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was established in 1915. The league is currently comprised of nine private colleges and universities in Southern California: California Institute of Technology, California Lutheran University, Chapman University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, University of La Verne, Occidental College, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, University of Redlands, and Whittier College. The conference recognizes outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a weekly and annual basis.

by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant