ST. LOUIS --- UNI sophomore Faith Larsen has been named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Swimmer of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday morning. The selection marks the first weekly conference honor of her career.
The selection comes after Larsen represented the Panthers on the national stage at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships last week in Greensboro, N.C., where she competed in the 50-meter freestyle against some of the top sprinters in the nation. Larsen tied a career best time of 26.25 in the preliminary heats to qualify for the meet's C-Final, where she swam a time of 26.