Banholzer and O'Brien Named CofC Student-Athletes Of The Week
2/16/2011 7:29:00 PM | Women's Track & Field, Sailing
Banholzer led the CofC coed sailing team to a spring season-opening victory at the home-hosted SAISA Open regatta held on Feb. 12-13 on the Cooper River. The Cougars edged South Florida (60) for first-place honors with 55 points. Banholzer skippered CofC to eight of 10 first-place finishes in the A-Division along with sophomore crew Alexis Scott (Newport Beach, Calif.). The Cougars were one of 18 teams in the competitive north and south intersectional regatta field including Florida Gulf Coast, USF, Georgia Tech, Rollins College, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Miami (Fla.), Jacksonville, Clemson, UNC Wilmington, NC State, Eckerd College, Tennessee, Florida Tech, Florida State, Auburn and Duke.
O'Brien was selected as Southern Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row after turning in two personal bests at the Dick Taylor Invitational held on Feb. 12 in Chapel Hill, N.C. She broke her own school record in the mile with a first-place time of four minutes, 59.28 seconds and also ran a school-record 9:46.83 in the 3,000 meters breaking the previous record by 24 seconds. O'Brien, who is in his first season with the Cougars, has already set four school records this school year during the fall cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
2010-11 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK SPONSORED BY PIGGLY WIGGLY
Sept. 7 - Christian Bailey (men's cross country) and Whitney Russell (volleyball)
Sept. 15 - John Duke Hudson (men's golf) and Caroline Warren (sailing)
Sept. 21 - Sean de Silva (men's soccer) and Dena O'Brien (women's cross country)
Sept. 28 - Francis Twohig (men's soccer) and Sarah Schaidle (women's soccer)
Oct. 5 - Jackson Benvenutti (sailing) and Sarah Somes (sailing)
Oct. 12 - Sean Flatley (men's soccer) and Cole Dawley (volleyball)
Oct. 19 - Sean de Silva (men's soccer) and Sarah Havel (volleyball)
Oct. 25 - Matt Sherrier (men's swimming) and Sarah Havel (volleyball)
Nov. 1 - Mac Mace (sailing) and Leigh Whittaker (women's golf)
Nov. 8 - Peter Gibbons (men's diving) and Cole Dawley (volleyball)
Nov. 15 - Andrew Goudelock (men's basketball) and Tonia Gerty (women's basketball)
Nov. 22 - Jake Helmig (men's soccer) and Sarah Boyle (women's swimming)
Dec. 6 - Donavan Monroe (men's basketball) and Crystal Threlfall (equestrian)
Jan. 10 - Andrew Goudelock (men's basketball) and Sarah Boyle (women's swimming)
Jan. 17 - Matt Sherrier (men's swimming) and Janae Smith (women's basketball)
Jan. 24 - Andrew Goudelock (men's basketball) and Dena O'Brien (women's track and field)
Feb. 7 - Andrew Goudelock (men's basketball) and Kristen Wolfe (women's track and field)
Feb. 14 - Chris Banholzer (sailing) and Dena O'Brien (women's track and field)
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