LITTLE ROCK—This week's featured "Meet Your Trojans" student-athlete is sophomore swimmer Laura Ruiz Astorga, a psychology major from Madrid, Spain.
Ruiz Astorga is the current school record holder in the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke. She is also part of three school relay records in the 400- and 800-yard free relays and the 400-yard medley relay. Ruiz Astorga won the Missouri Valley Conference's Swimmer of the Week award on two separate occasions her freshman year.
The Little Rock swimming and diving team's next meet will be held on Saturday against Evansville at the Donaghey Aquatic Center.