Gimme Five! Garcia Named NEWMAC Diver of the Week Again

Worcester, Mass. - For the fifth time this season and second week in a row, Clark sophomore Eileen Garcia (New York, N.Y.) has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference women's diver of the week it was announced by the conference office.

In the Cougars' first dual meet loss of the season - a 165-135 defeat to Coast Guard - Garcia had one of the best diving performances on the three-meter board in the country this season. She smashed her own school-record of 299.65 with a mind-boggling 303.90, erasing the pool record as well.

On the one-meter board, she turned in another school-record performance of 281.25, erasing the mark established by Hall of Famer Beth Ferraro from the Class of 1988, placing her name in front of all four diving records in the Clark record books.

She is just the fourth woman in Division III this season to break 300 and is the only diver with two performances that rank in the top five this season. Garcia also becomes the first male or female to top 300 in Clark history.

Garcia and her Cougar teammates will return to the pool on Wednesday when they host cross town rival WPI in the final home meet for the Class of 2010.