Alex Parks Named Blue Knight Student-Athlete of the Week

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URBANA, OH (01/14/2011)(readMedia)-- For the first time this season, an Urbana University swimmer has been named the Family Dentistry Student-Athlete of the Week. Freshman Alex Parks (Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Upper Sandusky HS) took home top honors after turning in a pair of wins to lead the men's swim team to a 107-51 victory on the road at Davis & Elkins College last Saturday afternoon.

In Parks' only individual swim on the day, the 6-foot-10 backstroker swam a lifetime best in the 100-yard backstroke and broke a school record in the process. His time of 58.71 was the only record breaking swim of the day for the Blue Knights, who returned to action for the first time since November 19th. Later in the meet, Parks helped the Blue Knights' 200 medley relay team capture first place with a time of 1:45.21, just a shade over 3 seconds behind the team's record-setting swim set earlier this season at Wheeling Jesuit.