LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego's
Eva Boehlke and
Bekzhan Yessengeldy swept the Big West Swim Athletes of the Week honors as announced by the conference on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
In their final home meet of the season,
Eva Boehlke scored 29 points for the gold and blue competing in three events. The sophomore swam the third leg of the 200 yard medley relay to start the meet and posted a 23.04 split time to propel her relay squad to first with a final time of 1:39.43 – only a second away from the program record. The Durham product went on to win her two individual events in the 100 back and 100 fly, posting a 54.87 and 54.20, respectively.
Wrapping up the regular season with a win, Triton newcomer
Bekzhan Yessengeldy represented the gold and blue in four events to help the men to victory over CBU on Saturday afternoon in La Jolla. Yessengeldy won the 200 breast with a time of 1:59.94 and went on to win the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.09. Finishing third in the 100 breast, Yessengeldy tallied a total of 23 points for the Tritons.
In the MSPF Conference, the Tritons tallied a total of 26 weekly award winners and now have tallied seven in the Big West. This Yessengeldy's first collegiate conference honors and Boehlke's first Big West weekly honor.
UP NEXT
The Triton women will head across town to take on USD on Saturday, Feb. 1. The meet is set to begin at 12 p.m. on the San Diego campus.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
