Reilly Bird Named ODAC Swimmer of the Week

Reilly Bird Named ODAC Swimmer of the Week

Forest, Va. – Roanoke College's Reilly Bird has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women's Swimmer of the Week as the league announced its weekly awards on Monday.

Bird, a freshman from Port Hope, Ontario, led Roanoke at a quad meet featuring host Frostburg State, Ferrum, and Mary Washington. Bird won two events, finished second in a third, swam a strong exhibition time in a fourth, and joined her teammates in one relay. Individual, Bird won the 50-meter and 100-meter backstrokes with times of 0:29.74 and 1:09.79. When adjusted to NCAA standard short-course yards, her 100-back time converts to 1:03.23, which slots in the top-10 in the ODAC. She added a second place finish in the 200-meter freestyle in 1:02.07, which converts to an ODAC fifth-best 0:56.24. Bird added a 0:38.46 showing in an exhibition swim in the 50-meter breaststroke, and then joined her teammates to finish third in the 200-meter medley relay in 2:09.09.