Candace Blackman Named C-USA Swimmer of the Week
Oct 25 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 25, 2005
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU's Candace Blackman earned Conference USA Swimmer of the Week honors following this week's performances. Blackman helped the Mustangs capture the 12th Annual SMU Women's Swimming and Diving Classic for the second straight year. In the win, the Mustangs upset top-ranked Florida.
Blackman had an outstanding opening weekend for the Mustangs, winning every event she participated in to help SMU win the 12th Annual SMU Women's Swimming & Diving Classic for the second straight year, upsetting No. 1 Florida in the process. SMU now has won the Classic back-to-back twice, the first time in 1995-1996. The win marked the sixth Classic title for the Ponies. The 12-point win over Florida was the second-closest margin of victory in SMU Classic history.
The No. 9 Mustangs opened the season with a dual meet on Thursday, Oct. 20 against No. 1 Florida, falling 125-118. Blackman touched the wall first in both the 100 (50.31) and 200 free (1:47.43) and was a member of the winning 400 free relay team.
In the Classic, Blackman took first in the 50 free (23.43), setting a new career-best at SMU. Blackman the defeated U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Vollmer in the 100 free, with her time of 50.65. The sophomore's 200 free time of 1:47.84 was also good for another first place finish. In relay events, Blackman was a member of the winning 200 free (1:33.32), 400 free (3:24.10) and 800 free relay (7:22.79) teams. The 200 free relay team set a new meet and pool record to close out the Classic and Blackman swam her opening leg in 23.36.
