Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
1/22/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
Jan. 22, 2007
Northwestern Winter Sports Weekly Release #8
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EVANSTON, Ill -- Northwestern has named sophomore John Franklin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./North Broward Prep) of men's swimming and Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) of women's tennis its Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week.
Franklin swam a pool-record-breaking relay and won both breaststroke events Saturday to help No. 8 Northwestern defeat previously undefeated No. 16 Notre Dame.
He swam the breast leg on NU's 400 medley relay that set a pool record with a 3:19.52. He then captured both the 100 breast (56.47) and the 200 breast (2:03.94) for the 'Cats. This is the first Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week honor of Franklin's career.
Rose gave up only three games en route to a perfect 3-0 singles record at the Florida State Invitational. Rose finished on top of the singles standings with 28 points and also won two doubles matches during the two-day tournament.
The sophomore's dominating 6-2, 6-0 victory over Florida State's 58th-ranked Lauren Macfarlane highlighted her performance. This is the second Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week honor of Rose's career.
For Northwestern's complete weekly release for Jan. 22, click on the .pdf link at the top of this page.
