Rowan’s Pennington, MSU’s Hitchens, Salisbury’s Odonoghue Earn NJAC Girls’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors

PITMAN — The New Jersey Athletic Conference introduced its girls’s swimming & diving weekly honors for the week ending Nov. 2.
 

SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
ELLA PENNINGTON • Rowan University
Senior • Elkton, MD/Elkton
 
Pennington is known as NJAC Swimmer of the Week for the second time after sweeping three occasions in Saturday’s meet at Salisbury. The senior captured first place within the 100 backstroke (1:03.64), 200 backstroke (2:20.42), and 100 butterfly (1:03.97), setting new facility information in each backstroke occasions. Pennington’s 100 butterfly time ranks first within the NJAC and twenty fourth nationally, whereas her backstroke performances would place throughout the high 20 nationally if not for her personal quicker instances earlier this season—she at present owns the third-fastest 200 backstroke and fifth-fastest 100 backstroke in Division III.
 
DIVER OF THE WEEK
AUDREY HITCHENS • Montclair State University
Senior • Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West
 
Hitchens earns NJAC Diver of the Week honors after main Montclair to a 173-115 victory over Vassar. The senior posted season-best scores of 158.55 on the 1-meter 5-dive and 216.45 on the 1-meter 6-dive en path to a first-place end. Her 6-dive rating ranks third within the NJAC.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
ROWAN ODONOGHUE • Salisbury University
Freshman • Newark, DE/Saint Marks
 
Odonoghue is chosen as NJAC Rookie of the Week for the second time after capturing three gold medals and one silver within the Sea Gulls’ victory over Rowan. The freshman took particular person titles within the 200-meter freestyle (2:09.37), the quickest time within the NJAC when transformed to yards, and the 400 freestyle (4:35.16), which converts to a time tied for first within the convention within the 500-yard equal. Odonoghue additionally posted a runner-up end within the 50 meter freestyle (27.98), a time tied for seventh within the NJAC when transformed to yards.