LETHBRIDGE – The Two Guys and a Pizza Place Pronghorn Athletes of the Week for the week ending November 24, 2019.
Male Athlete of the Week
Chris Alexander – Men’s Swimming
Part of a historic swim for the Pronghorns men’s swim program this past weekend during the Canada West swimming championships hosted at home, second-year local product Chris Alexander stepped onto the podium twice and led the way for the Pronghorns.
Saturday night in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay, Alexander was part of making Pronghorn history with the program's first ever silver medal in the men’s relays. Alexander swam the third leg of the relay, leading to the Pronghorns edging the perennial powers for the medal.
On the final day, he stepped back on the podium picking up the Pronghorns first individual medal of the meet. Qualifying for the finals in eighth position, Alexander stormed back in the finals with a strong swim to claim the bronze medal, his first individual Canada West medal.
During the meets opening day Alexander narrowly missed the podium in the 50 metre back, finishing less than a 10th of a second behind the bronze medal swimmer. He broke his own school record in the same race, finishing with a time of 25.39 seconds.
Alexander has qualified for the U SPORTS swimming championships that will be hosted by the University of Victoria in February.
Female Athlete of the Week:
Tricia Fair – Women’s Swimming
Leading the way for the Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s swim team at the Canada West swimming championships in the Pronghorns home pool, Tricia Fair swam in three ‘A’ finals, set two school records and met the U SPORTS qualifying time.
Friday, on day one of the conference championships, the fourth-year nursing student broke her own school record in the 50 metre butterfly, finishing sixth and qualified for the U SPORTS swimming Championships.
On day two, Fair qualified for the ‘A’ final in the 50 metre freestyle and finished sixth with a time of 26.55 and picked up 13 team points for the Pronghorns.
Wrapping up the conference meet in style, Fair broke her second school record of the weekend in the 100 freestyle, winning the ‘B’ final and finishing ninth overall with a time of 57.40.
Fair is one of two female Pronghorn swimmers that have qualified for the U SPORTS swimming championships, to be hosted in February by the University of Victoria.
