St. Louis--Katie Taylor has been named the swimmer of the week, as announced by the Missouri Valley Conference today.
Taylor, a freshman for UNI, is making a splash in the pool for the Panthers. At Nebraska this past weekend, Taylor took first place in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:02.54. Taylor took second in the 400 IM and 100 backstroke individually. Taylor swam a 56.86 in the 100 backstroke and a 4:31.52 in the 400 IM. Taylor would team up with Crystal Florman, Autumn Roepsch and Aftin Phyfe for a second place finish in the 200 freestyle relay, timing in at 1:36.