Emily Martin of Penfield, N.Y., Takes Home WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week Accolades

2015 Jan 12

Emily Martin from the swimming and diving team has been selected as the WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sunday, January 11th.

Martin led with a pair of wins as the Engineers fell Saturday afternoon to Bowdoin 148-82. The sophomore touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 55.03 and captured the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:15.43.

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