MELBOURNE, Fla. – University of Tampa swimmer Elizaveta Bazarova was recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Women’s Swimmer of the Week after competing at the fifth-annual Spartan Invite at the Long Center.

Bazarova was Tampa’s top swimmer at the 2019 Spartan Invite, helping her squad to a second-place finish behind Wingate University. The Russian had three first-place finishes, plus a silver medalist effort during the four-day event. Bazarova’s best performance of the week came on day three with a win in the 100 Breast. Her time of 1:02.00 goes down as a new school-record time and satisfies the NCAA provisional mark. Bazarova registered wins and NCAA “B” cuts in the 50 Free (23.13) and the 200 Free (1:49.65). The sophomore from Neznamovo, Russia rounded out the invite with a second-place finish in the 100 Free (50.22).

Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of December 16 – 22, 2019. Athletes are nominated by Sports Information Directors of member institutions.