Bucknell University Athletics
Allison FitzPatrick Named Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week
1/18/2010 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 18, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. - For the second time in less than a week, Bucknell diver Allison FitzPatrick (Berwyn, Pa./Episcopal Academy) has earned a weekly award. Thanks to her combined three first-place finishes in dual meets against Army and Columbia, the senior was named the Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week on Monday.
The reigning Patriot League Diver of the Week, FitzPatrick started a busy weekend off at Army on Saturday with a first-place finish off the three-meter board and a second-place showing off the one-meter. Her score of 235.20 in one-meter competition was a season-best mark and just 1.35 shy of her career-best figure.
Twenty-four hours later Bucknell hosted Columbia inside Kinney Natatorium and FitzPatrick swept the diving events in her final career home meet. She won the one-meter with a score of 232.28, her second-best of the season. Her winning three-meter score of 256.50 was 43 points better than her closest competitor and was less than four points shy of her own school record.
FitzPatrick, who ranks among the top 10 in program history in three diving events, now has eight total first-place finishes this year, including six from the three-meter height. She has swept the diving events in two of Bucknell's last three dual meets.
Bucknell (6-3) split its two meets over the weekend, defeating Patriot League foe Army (183-112) and losing a tight 129-114 decision to Columbia. FitzPatrick and the Bison will be back in action this Saturday, Jan. 23, at Lehigh. The team's final dual meet of the season is slated to begin at 1 p.m.
