University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Emily Werth Earns BCBSNC Athlete of the Week Honors
11.24.2014 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Freshman swimmer Emily Werth is this week's s Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Athlete of the Week at UNC Asheville.
Each week the school selects a BCBSNC Athlete of the Week upon their performance from the previous week's action.
Emily Werth enjoyed a great meet this past weekend at the Wingate Winter Frenzy. Emily set four school and freshman records throughout the weekend meet and was a part of two relay teams, as well. She established a new school record in the 100 butterfly (58.33), 100 backstroke (57.71), along with a fourth-place finish, 200 backstroke (2:04.59) and 200 butterfly (2:10.00).
In addition, she was a part of two relay teams that set records during the weekend. Emily was part of the 400 medley relay (backstroke) squad that set a school mark overall with a time of 3:57.64. Werth led off with a record-breaking time of 57.77.
In the 400 freestyle relay, Emily helped her teammates set a new school record of 3:37.55 as the quartet earned valuable 11th-place points.
