Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Kristian Gkolomeev. At last week’s European Aquatics Championships, Gkolomeev won his first-ever gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the event, with a time of 21.72 seconds. He had finished 2nd (2018) or 3rd (2020, 2022) at each of the last three Euro Aquatics.
Others of note:
Matt King finished 3rd in the Men’s 50m Freestyle and 6th in the Men’s 100m Freestyle at the US Olympic Team Trials. He would be added to the Olympic team for the relay pool.
Kalia Antoniou finished 4th in the Women’s 100m Freestyle and 6th in the Women’s 50m Freestyle at the European Aquatics Championships.
Anton McKee finished 4th in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships.
Rhyan White finished 5th in both the Women’s 100m Backstroke and the Women’s 200m Backstroke at the US Olympic Team Trials.
Justin Thomas finished T-5th at the Travelers Championship.
Davis Shore finished T-4th at the Compliance Solutions Championship for a career-best Korn Ferry Tour finish.
Thomas Ponder finished T-7th in his professional debut at the Beachlands Victoria Open.
Lauren Stephenson finished T-7th at the Island Resort Championship.
Olivia Fotopoulou finished 2nd in the Women’s 100 Meter at the Filothei Women’s Gala.
Filippa Fotopoulou Kviten placed 3rd in the Women’s Long Jump at the Filothei Women’s Gala.
Kimberley Ficenec posted a personal best in the Women’s 800 Meter in a 4th place finish at Track Night Vienna.
Tamara Clark finished 6th in the Women’s 100 Meter at the USATF Olympic Trials.
Margaux Maquet won 3 qualifying matchs and 2 main draw matches at the ITF event in Tunisia.
Spencer Turnbull threw 3 scoreless innings.
Tyler Gentry had a 4-hit game, and also homered twice during the week.
Peyton Wilson had an on-base percentage of .462 for the week.
Jim Jarvis reached base via hit in all six games played during the week.
T.J. Reeves hit .400 for the week with 3 multi-hit games (including a 4-hit game), and also had a .483 on-base percentage.
Ed Johnson had a 4-hit game.
Jada Rice had a 12 point, 14 rebound, 3 block game for Geelong.
