The Rebel junior won all six of her individual events at BYU and Utah
UNLV women’s swimming junior Erika Carlson was named the Mountain West Swimmer of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Carlson went undefeated with six individual wins in UNLV’s dual meet split against Utah and BYU. She led the Rebels to a road win against BYU, picking up three victories in the 200 free (1:48.86), 100 free (50.30) and in the 200 IM (2:02.05). Despite a loss against Utah, Carlson added another three individual victories in the 200 free (1:51.18), 100 free (51.47) and in the 500 free (4:58.75).
Additionally, Carlson was the anchor leg of a 400 free relay victory (3:22.35) against the Cougars. Along with that, she swam the third leg for the Rebels’ 200 free relay team that posted a second-place time of 1:33.54 against the Utes.
UP NEXT: The UNLV men’s and women’s diving teams will head up to the Golden State for the Trojan Diving Invitational hosted by USC from Friday-Sunday, November 22-24 at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. On the swimming side, the Scarlet & Gray returns to competition next month at the Minnesota Invitational being held from December 4-6.