Eloise Belanger (Photo: Richard Quinton)Eloise Belanger (Photo: Richard Quinton)
Richard Quinton

Belanger has earned two monthly, two weekly awards from conference. (Photo: Richard Quinton)

Belanger Named Pac-12 Diver of the Week

Swimming & Diving

Junior earned sweep of events against USC.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Eloise Belanger has been named the Pac-12 Diver of the Week for competitions held Feb. 5-11, the conference announced Wednesday.

Crosstown rival and then-No. 10 USC invaded Spieker Aquatics Center Feb. 9, winners of 11 straight meets against UCLA. With the help of Belanger, who won both diving events, the Bruins snapped that skid with a 150-150 tie. The junior would go on to claim victory in a Platform competition one day later.

After eking out the 1-Meter win (306.23) over the Trojans' Naomi Gowlett (300.38) and teammate Ciara Monahan (299.33), Belanger dominated the 3-Meter event. The Monteal, QC, Canada native posted a personal-best mark of 343.35, including a 205B that earned her a score of 72.00. The closest competitor came in at 291.38. Then, for good measure, Belanger tacked on a five-dive score of 262.88 to take Saturday's Platform contest.

Belanger has earned a plethora of honors from the Pac-12 thus far in 2017-18. She was previously named the conference's Diver of the Month for December—the second such honor of her career—then picked up the inaugural Diver of the Week award for Jan. 8-14.

ALSO NOMINATED: Haley Farnsworth, STAN
 

Swimmer of the Month/Week Diver of the Month/Week
November Katie Ledecky, STAN Ciara Monahan, UCLA
December Abbey Weitzeil, CAL Eloise Belanger, UCLA
Jan. 17 Mallory Korenwinder, ARIZ Eloise Belanger, UCLA
Jan. 24 Janet Hu, STAN Ashley McCool, ASU
Jan. 31 Katie Ledecky, STAN Briana Thai, CAL
Feb. 7 Nora Deleske, ASU Ashley McCool, ASU
Feb. 14 Abbey Weitzeil, CAL Eloise Belanger, UCLA