Student-Athlete of the Week - January 8, 2007
Lauren Mar
Name: Lauren Mar
Sport: Women's Swimming
Year: Sophomore
Events: Backstroke, Freestyle
In a dual meet at Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday, January 6, Lauren Mar helped the Spartans to a 188-160 victory with a team-high three individual wins, plus one first-place relay effort. Mar started off her string of individual victories in her first 200 freestyle swim of the season, in 1:57.33. She then swept the sprint freestyle events, taking the 50 in 24.56 before touching first in the 100 in 53.10. Mar had began the day by swimming the freestyle anchor leg of the winning 200 medley relay, which went 1:50.63.
In the relay events meet of the 28th Annual UC Irvine/Ayres Hotel & Suites Invitationals in Irvine, Calif., on Sunday, January 7, Mar took part in six of the 10 Spartan 'A' relays on the day, helping SJSU compile four second-place, one third-place and one fourth-place finish. She anchored the 200 freestyle relay, the 200 medley relay, the 400 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay, while also swimming the 200 in the 800 (100, 200, 500) freestyle relay and the second leg of the 3 x 100 backstroke. Her freestyle anchor leg in the 400 medley relay of 52.17, and her 200 in the 800 freestyle relay were lifetime-best splits.
Past 2006-07 Spartan Foundation Student-Athletes of the Week
August 28 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
September 5 - Tiffany Hall - Women's Cross Country
September 11 - Yonus Davis - Football
September 18 - Jennifer Sentfleben - Women's Volleyball
September 25 - Dwight Lowery - Football
October 2 - Adam Tafralis - Football
October 9 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 16 - Marissa Dayton - Women's Soccer
October 23 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 30 - Yonus Davis - Football
November 6 - Patrick Perry - Football
November 13 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
November 20 - Ashley Vrieze - Women's Swimming
November 27 - Waylon Prather - Football
December 4 - Christopher Owens - Football
January 2 - Alisha Hicks - Women's Basketball
January 8 - Lauren Mar - Women's Swimming