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Mancini Named NE-10 Women’s Diving Athlete of the Week for 10th Time; Three Teammates Earn Weekly Honors

WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley University sophomore All-America Nicola Mancini (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth HS) has been selected as the Women's Diving Athlete of the Week in the Northeast-10 Conference following her outstanding performance in last week's conference championships. It's the tenth time this year and the 17th time in her career she's collected the honor.

Mancini repeated as Northeast-10 champion in both the one-meter and three-meter events, a performance that earn her a second straight NE-10 Women's Diver of the Meet award. Undefeated all season, she broke a 10-year-old conference championship record by 14 points with a score of 452.50 off the three-meter.

Also recognized for their performances in the conference championships, with selection to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll, were Bentley senior Amanda Le (Chelmsford/Chelmsford HS) and sophomore teammates Owen Karl (Rochester, N.Y./ Brighton HS) and Colton Bridge (Tolland, Conn./Tolland HS).

Le went to the medal stand five times in seven events, with one gold (200 individual medley), two silvers (100 breaststroke, 200 breast) and two bronze (200 medley relay, 400 free relay). She set a school record in the 200 IM (2:09.07) and posted an NCAA B cut in the 200 breast (2:21.94).

Karl captured three silver medals (200 free, 500 free, 800 free relay) and two bronze (1650 free, 400 free relay) while competing in six events during the Northeast-10 Championships. He broke school records seven times, including the 200 free three times (1:43.94, 1:43.11, 1:42.09) and the 500 free twice (4:43.16, 4:40.73).

Bridge earned silver in both diving events with scores of 433.70 from the one-meter board and 389.50 off the three-meter.