Navy Athletes Receive a Pair of Aquatic Awards

Oldenkamp and Olson garner weekly accolades

	Alex Oldenkamp

Feb. 12, 2008

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Strong performances during the final weekend of the regular season helped Navy's Alex Oldenkamp (Jr., Coppell, Texas) and Olaf Olson (Fr., Bainbridge Island, Wash.) garner weekly accolades from the Patriot League Tuesday. Oldenkamp was tabbed as the league's swimmer of the week, while Olson earned diver-of-the-week honors.

Oldenkamp swept the two sprint freestyle events during Navy's dual meet victory over Columbia, then placed third in both events the following day against Princeton. Against the Lions, he won the 50 free by 0.19 seconds and narrowly won the 100 free by one one-hundredth of a second. Though he placed third against the Tigers, Oldenkamp finished just four hundredths of a second behind the winner of the 50 free and four tenths of a second in back of the 100 free winner.

He posted a combined record of 11-2 in the two events this season.

Olson, meanwhile picked up an impressive victory on the three meter against Princeton, totaling 339.90 points to top 2007 NCAA Championship Meet qualifier Stuart Malcom for the win by 6.6 points. He also placed second on the one meter (by 0.08 points) and third on the three meter (by five points) against Columbia, as well as fourth on the one meter (by 22 points) against Princeton.

Navy will now prepare for the championship portion of its season, which begins Feb. 21-23 when the Mids play host to the Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championship in Lejeune Hall.