Herron and Huggins Named MVC Swimmers of the Week

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Weekly awards preserve piling up from the Missouri Valley Conference for SIU swim and dive. On Tuesday, the convention introduced that Olivia Herron and Willem Huggins have been named the Women’s and Men’s Swimmer of the Week for his or her performances on the Mizzou Invite final week.

Herron walked away with three particular person wins on the invite (100-breaststroke, 200-breaststroke, and 200-IM) whereas additionally scoring a podium as a part of the 200-medley relay workforce. Herron additionally set three new college information, doing so within the 400-IM and 200-breaststroke twice. She additionally set private bests within the 200-breaststroke and 400-IM. Currently, Herron sit thirteenth nationally within the 200-breaststroke and twenty first within the 100-breaststroke.

“Olivia had a great meet at the Mizzou Invite as she continues to improve on her second team All-American time in her best event,” says head coach Geoff Hanson. “Her performance from the past weekend guarantees her a return trip to the NCAA Championship in March.”

As for Huggins, the sophomore pulled out a podium within the 100-backstroke and three podiums as a part of the 400-medley, 200-medley, and 400-freestyle relay groups. Huggins additionally set 5 private bests within the 50-freestyle, 200-freestyle, 50-backstroke, 100-backstroke, and 200-backstroke. In the MVC, the Carbondale native sits atop the leaderboards for the 100-backstroke, 200-backstroke, and 200-freestlye. Additionally, Huggins set convention information for the 200-backstroke and 200-freestlye.

“Willem had a major breakthrough meet last weekend, notching 100% lifetime bests in everything he swam individually and on relays,” says Coach Hanson. “He has big goals this season and this meet was a huge step towards accomplishing them.”

Herron has now been named Swimmer of the Week 4 instances this season whereas Huggins brings house the title for the primary time in his profession.

Swim and dive is again in motion on January 9 when the boys’s workforce visits Purdue. 

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