BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After sweeping his three individual events, including a 500-yard freestyle that came within a second of the NAIA automatic standard, Lindsey Wilson’s (Ky.) Sergio Ybarra has been named the Mid-South Conference Men’s Swimmer of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday.
Sergio Ybarra – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) – Jr. – San Felipe, Venezuela
- Ybarra recorded three individual victories during the Blue Raiders’ home tri-meet against Carson-Newman (Tenn.) and Campbellsville (Ky.).
- The junior won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:30.20, meeting the NAIA provisional qualifying standard and finishing just 0.93 seconds shy of the automatic standard.
- He captured the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:51.21, finishing more than 14 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
- Ybarra also won the 400-yard individual medley in 4:01.71, surpassing the NAIA provisional qualifying standard by nearly 13 seconds.
- Ybarra earns his second Swimmer of the Week honor of the season and the sixth of his career.
| Date |
Men’s Swimmer of the Week – School |
| Sept. 29 |
Sergio Ybarra – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
| Oct. 6 |
Karl von Thun – Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Oct. 13 |
Caique Maia – Midway (Ky.) |
| Oct. 20 |
Gabriel Almeida dos Santos – Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Oct. 27 |
Caique Maia – Midway (Ky.) |
| Nov. 3 |
Jacob Isacson – Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Nov. 9 |
Sergio Ybarra – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |