NEC Women's Swimmer of the Week: Venna Andersen, LIU
NEC Women's Diver of the Week: No Nominees
NEC Women's Rookie of the Week: Gabi Wroblewski, CCSU
NEC Men's Swimmer of the Week: Stephen Taylor, LIU
NEC Men's Diver of the Week: No Nominees
NEC Men's Rookie of the Week: Victor Fuentes, SFBK

Previous NEC Releases: October 20 | October 12 | October 7 | Women's Preseason Poll Release | Men's Preseason Poll Release

NEC WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Venna Andersen, LIU
Jr., Lloydminster, Alberta/Lloydminster Comprehensive
Anderson took gold in four events and silver in another in a two-meet week for LIU. On Friday, the Lloydminster, Alberta native earned a gold medal in the 50-yard breaststroke (30.88; 1st in NEC) and the 50-yard freestyle (24.46; 3rd in NEC) against Iona. Her second place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (53.59) was fifth as she now owns four of the top five times in the conference. In the 100-yard breaststroke, the junior took first with a 1:06.74 against Saint Francis and St. Peters for the fifth fastest time in the NEC. Andersen also touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle to match her own top NEC time of 53.35 on Saturday. 

NEC WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
No Nominees

NEC WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Gabi Wroblewski, Central Connecticut
Fr., Farmington, CT/ Farmington/ OAK
In a meet against Stonehill, Wroblewski stood atop the podium in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:36.32, which ranks first in the NEC. The rookie from Farmington, CT swam an exhibition in the 100-yard back with a time of 1:04.00.

NEC MEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Stephen Taylor, LIU
Jr., Whitfield, Northamptonshire, England/Ellesmere College
On Friday in a dual meet at Iona, Taylor took first place in the 100-yard breastroke, touching in 58.92 to record the third-best time in the NEC this season. In the 200-yard breaststroke, the junior earned another gold medal after finishing in 2:11.80 (fourth in the NEC) and placed second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:01.41 (seventh in NEC). On Saturday, Taylor grabbed a silver medal in the 100-yard breaststroke in a tri-meet against St. Peters and Saint Francis. 

NEC MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
No Nominees

NEC MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Victor Fuentes, St. Francis Brooklyn
Fr., New Braunfels, TX/New Braunfels High School
Fuentes won the 100-yard breastrstroke against Manhattan with a time of 1:00.81, which stacks up as the sixth fastest time in the NEC this fall. The rookie also earned a silver medal in the 50-yard breaststroke as he ranks fifth in the conference at 27.99 seconds.

NEC WOMEN'S PRIME PERFORMERS

Cassidy Stotler, CCSU, So.
Stotler's 27.74 was the fastest 50-fly leg in the 200 IM relay in a dual meet against Stonehill and the time also ranks second in the NEC. The sophomore won the 100-yard butterfly, touching in a conference-best 58.20. In the 50-yard freestyle exhibition, she claimed silver with a time of 25.52. 

Venna Andersen, LIU, Jr.
Anderson took gold in four events and silver in another in a two-meet week for LIU. On Friday, the Lloydminster, Alberta native earned a gold medal in the 50-yard breaststroke (30.88; 1st in NEC) and the 50-yard freestyle (24.46; 3rd in NEC) against Iona. Her second place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (53.59) was fifth as she now owns four of the top five times in the conference. In the 100-yard breaststroke, the junior took first with a 1:06.74 against Saint Francis and St. Peters for the fifth fastest time in the NEC. Andersen also touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle to match her own top NEC time of 53.35 on Saturday. 

Maaike Broersma, LIU, Jr.
In a meet against Iona on Friday, Broersma collected two gold medals and the fastest times in the NEC in the 100-yard backstroke (56.69) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.39). The junior touched in at 2:12.21 in the 200-yard indivdual medley for a second place finish that ranks fifth in the NEC. On Saturday, Broersma took first in the 200-yard backstroke against Saint Francis U and St. Peters with a time of 2:06.95.

Ella Johnson, LIU, Gr.
On Friday, Johnson claimed the fastest NEC time in the 200-yard butterfly this season after touching the wall in 2:07.36 against Iona. The graduate student earned gold in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.30) and took silver in the 100-yard butterfly, registering the second best time in the NEC (58.32). In Saturday'W tri-meet against Saint Francis U and St. Peters, Johnson placed first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.81 to rank fourth in the conference.

Gabi Wroblewski, CCSU, Fr.
In a meet against Stonehill, Wroblewski stood atop the podium in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:36.32 that tops the NEC leaderboard. The rookie from Farmington, CT also swam an exhibition race in the 100-yard back with a time of 1:04.00.

Elayna Pistrin, SFBK, So.
Pistrin claimed gold medals in three events against Manhattan on Satuday. The sophomore swam a 59.49 in the 100-yard butterfly which ranks as the fifth-fastest time in the NEC. Pistrin clocked a 5:22.91 in the 500-yard freestyle and 1:00.08 in the 100-yard indivudal medley.

Aurem Pifarre, SFU, So.
In a tri-meet against LIU and St. Peters, Pifarre placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:09.29 to secure the top time in the NEC this season. The sophomore also earned a gold medal in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:44.76 that ranks second on the conference circuit.

NEC MEN'S PRIME PERFORMERS

Stephen Taylor, LIU, Jr.
On Friday in a dual meet at Iona, Taylor took first place in the 100-yard breastroke, touching in 58.92 to record the third-best time in the NEC this season. In the 200-yard breaststroke, the junior earned another gold medal after finishing in 2:11.80 (fourth in the NEC) and placed second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:01.41 (seventh in NEC). On Saturday, Taylor grabbed a silver medal in the 100-yard breaststroke in a tri-meet against St. Peters and Saint Francis. 

Alejandro Pascual del Cid, LIU, Jr.
On Friday, del Cid stood tallest on the podium in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.50 that ranks third in the NEC. On Saturday, in a tri-meet against St. Peters and Saint Francis, the junior repeated a 21.50 time in the 50-yard freestyle and placed second in the 100-yard butterfly, clocking in at 53.56.

Daniel Chocano Fernandez, LIU, Jr.
Fernandez swam the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.78 (3rd in NEC) to place first against Saint Francis U and St. Peters. The junior collected two silver medals in the 500-yard freestyle with a fourth-best NEC time of 4:48.11 and a 10:02.12 mark in the 1000-yard freestyle which ranks third in the conference. In the 200-yard individual medley, Fernandez swam a 1:57.21 (3rd in NEC) for a first place spot on the podium.

Robert Wagner, SFBK, So.
Wagner won the 100-yard butterfly against Manhattan with the third-fastest NEC time of 52.21. The sophomore also grabbed a gold medal in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 23.76 to rank fourth in the league.