BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Bridgewater State University junior Sarah Rechtiene and freshman Mary Woodbury garnered Little East Conference Swimming & Diving weekly honors.  Rechtiene was selected as the Little East Swimmer of the Week, while Woodbury was named as the Rookie Diver of the Week.

Rechtiene established a new BSU program mark in the 200 breaststroke against Division II power Bentley University last week.  The Southbury, Connecticut product won the event at the meet with a time of 2:34.20 to lower her previous school mark by nearly a second (2:35.07).  In addition, Rechtiene swam a leg on a pair of winning relay squads, the 200 medley relay (2:01.37) and the 200 freestyle relay (1:51.26), against the Falcons.

Rechtiene also added three second place finishes in the 200 medley relay (2:01.15), 100 freestyle (58.82) and 200 freestyle relay (1:49.02) in a double dual meet with Regis College and Little East foe Eastern Connecticut State University later in the week.

Woodbury qualified for the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Division Association (NEISDA) Division II/III Championships on the one-meter diving board in the meet against Bentley.  The Holden, Massachusetts native posted a score of 184.0 points to finish third in the event against Division II competition.

Woodbury also placed second on the one-meter board (11 dives) with 299.05 total points in the Bears’ double dual meet with Regis and Eastern Connecticut.

The BSU women’s swimming & diving team wrapped up the 2013-2014 season with an 8-8 dual meet record.  The Bears host the BSU "Last Gasp" Invitational this upcoming weekend.  The diving portion of the meet will take place on Friday night starting at 6:30, while the swimming events will get underway on Saturday afternoon at two.