MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Paige Crawford, Ben Keller and Martin Kocher have been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Kwik Trip Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 17-23.
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Crawford (Fr. - Elk River, Minn.) was at the heart of the Blugold women's soccer team's defense that posted three shutouts during the week. UW-Eau Claire held UW-River Falls to zero shots on goal in a 4-0 win, and allowed three shots on target each in wins over UW-Stevens Point and St. Norbert College (Wis.).
Keller (Jr. - Cedarburg, Wis.) won three individual events in a dual meet against UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 22. He won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.79, the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.35 seconds and the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:57.87. All three of those swims are conference-leading times.
Kocher (Sr. - St. Paul, Minn./Johnson) was second on both the one-meter board and three-meter board in a dual against UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 22. He also achieved an NCAA diving zone cut on the one-meter with a mark of 295.20.
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