Smit named Swimmer of the Week

Mount Sinai graduate and Olympic medalist Julia Smit was named the collegeswimming.com Collegiate Swimmer of the Week for NCAA Division I women based on her performances from Nov. 2-9.

A Stanford junior, Smit was honored for the fourth time in her career (twice as a freshman, once last year).

Smit dominated at the two-day Anteater Shootout hosted by UC Irvine. She won five individual events in the 100 free (twice), 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM. She recorded NCAA 'A' standard times in the 200 IM (1:56.06) and the 400 IM (4:06.89). Her three other victories were 'B' times. Her time of :48.48 in the 100 free moved her into fifth place on Stanford's all-time top-10 list for the event.

Smit returns to the pool with Stanford Nov. 28-30 in Toronto, Canada for the Bell Invite.

One team left in football

Longwood is the last football team left among local teams. The Lions will host No. 3 Connetquot Friday night at 6 p.m. The Lions had to wait to see what day Floyd wanted to play before setting a date. Both teams will play at the same time so one team can't watch the other. The Lions weren't sure if Floyd would opt for the Friday game because of problems they've had controlling their crowds as was evident when Longwood played there in Week 2.

But the Colonials went with Friday night so that's when Longwood will go as well. Their games are the only two Suffolk County playoff games that night. It's the first time I can remember semifinal games being played on a Friday. It's been something people have complained about with all the playoff games happening at the same time on Saturday. So this is a good opportunity for football fans of other teams to head out and watch some real competitive Division I games. It should be fun and I'd expect pretty big crowds at both games.