Bjargardottir Big West Co-Athlete of the Week

UC Irvine freshman Lara Bjargardottir was named Big West

Conference Co-Athlete of the Week for her swim performance at the UC

Irvine/Speedo Cup Invitational last week.

Bjargardottir broke four Anteater school records during the meet.

She broke her own school record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time

of 1:52.47, and in the 500-yard free she broke sophomore teammate

Alexis Sheridan’s record with a time of 4:59.89.

Bjargardottir broke the 200 individual medley record previously

held by another teammate, senior Sara Showalter, and broke her own

record in the finals with a time of 2:05.15. Bjargardottir twice

broke the 400 IM record set by Laurel Hopper in 1995, lowering the

standard to 4:25.59. Bjargardottir also holds the school record in

the rarely contested 100 IM (1:02.40).

The Anteaters host Michigan State Thursday at noon.