Student-Athlete of the Week - October 8, 2007

Name: Brie Marhenke
Sport: Women's Swimming
Year: Senior
Events: Free, Fly

Senior Brie Marhenke has been named the Spartan Foundation Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance after marking her return to competitive swimming with a pair of individual wins in the sprint freestyle events during San Jose State's season-opening dual meet at perennial national powerhouse Stanford on Friday, October 5.

Marhenke, who redshirted the 2006-07 season after earning two individual gold medals at the 2006 Western Athletic Conference Championship and a trip to the NCAA Championships, sprinted 23.58 to win the 50 freestyle by over a full second in her first competitive race as a Spartan since the 2006 NCAA Championships. The mark fell narrowly short of the NCAA 'B' standard of 23.29. Following a break, she timed 52.07 in winning the 100 freestyle. Marhenke holds school records in both events at 22.54 and 50.30, respectively.

The two-time team captain also swam the third leg of the 200 freestyle 'A' relay to conclude the meet, with a split of 23.54. Her foursome was credited as the event winner, though Stanford's 'B' relay timed 1:37.18 after the Cardinal had decided to exhibition the event with a comfortable lead. The Spartan 'A' would have placed second normally.

Marhenke had previously swept the sprint freestyle events against the then-third-ranked Cardinal in her first race as a Spartan to open the 2005-06 season on October 14, 2005.

Past 2007-08 Spartan Foundation Student-Athletes of the Week

August 27 - Jennifer Senftleben, Women's Volleyball
September 4 - Nick Cukar, Men's Soccer
September 10 - Keri Anglin, Women's Volleyball
September 17 - Ismael Ibarra, Men's Soccer
September 24 - Adam Tafralis, Football
October 1 - Matt Castelo, Football
October 8 - Brie Marhenke, Women's Swimming