Kyle and Telanoff Earn Weekly UAA Swimming and DIving Awards

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - For the second time this season the Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team swept the weekly awards in the University Athletic Association (UAA). Senior James Kyle (Austin, Texas / St. Stephen's Episcopal School) was named the UAA Men's Diver of the Week with freshman Sammy Telanoff ( Santa Monica, Calif. / Santa Monica) taking the UAA Men's Swimmer of the Week award after their performances in a dual meet at Case Western Reserve University. Both earn the honor for the first time this season.

At a dual meet, Kyle earned two NCAA qualifying scores after winning one event and finishing second in the other. Kyle placed first on the 1-meter board with 282.10 points after six dives and followed his brother on the 3-meter board with 289.20 points. Both scores are season-bests for Kyle.

Telanoff won two events for the Tartans in the team's first dual meet of the season. The freshman dominated the 200-yard breaststroke with a winning time of 2:05.83, nearly five seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Telanoff then finished off the individual events with a win in the 200-yard IM by nearly two seconds in 1:54.54. Telanoff also swam in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching third in 58.20.

The Tartans return to the water on Saturday, November 6 at 11:00 a.m. for a dual meet against Gettysburg College at home in Pittsburgh with Kyle and the divers having the weekend off before another home dual meet against Washington and Lee University on Saturday, November 13.