Salisbury’s Potts and Mahoney, USMMA’s Kov Earn NJAC Males’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors

PITMAN — The New Jersey Athletic Conference introduced its males’s swimming & diving weekly honors for the week ending Nov. 23.
 

SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
MASON POTTS • Salisbury University
Sophomore • Lansdale, PA/North Penn
 
Potts earned NJAC Swimmer of the Week honors for the third time this 12 months after main Salisbury with seven medals on the Yellow Jacket Invitational, serving to the Sea Gulls win their second straight title. He captured 5 gold medals within the 50 free (20.17), 100 fly (48.50), 200 medley relay (leadoff, 1:28.62), 400 medley relay (leadoff, 3:16.35), and 400 free relay (second leg, 3:00.84), whereas incomes silver within the 800 free relay (leadoff, 6:49.81) and bronze within the 100 free (45.67). Potts hit the NCAA ‘B’ lower mark within the 50 free, 100 fly, and his 100 again break up of the 400 medley relay, with each medley relays additionally hitting NCAA ‘B’ lower occasions. His 50 free ranks seventh in NCAA Division III, his 100 again is sixth nationally, and his 100 fly sits ninth in Division III. His 50 again break up of the 200 medley relay is the quickest within the NJAC this 12 months and sits tied for fourth in D3, whereas the 400 and 800 free relays are among the many prime 12 nationally.
 
DIVER OF THE WEEK
CARTER KOV • United States Merchant Marine Academy
Freshman • Goodyear, AZ/BASIS Goodyear
 
Kov claimed NJAC Diver of the Week recognition for the second straight week after hitting NCAA qualifying marks on each boards on the TCNJ Invitational. He received the 1-meter competitors with a rating of 512.00 and positioned second on the 3-meter board with 499.40. Both 11-dive scores rank first within the NJAC, together with his 1-meter mark sitting third in Division III and his 3-meter rating rating fifth nationally.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
OWEN MAHONEY • Salisbury University
Freshman • Arnold, MD/Broadneck
 
Mahoney is the third Sea Gull this 12 months to earn NJAC Rookie of the Week honors after medaling thrice and scoring a staff high-tying 62 factors on the Yellow Jacket Invitational. He received gold in each the five hundred free (4:32.96) and 1,650 free (15:58.96), whereas additionally incomes bronze within the 200 free (1:41.00). His 500 free time ranks first within the NJAC and seventeenth in Division III, whereas his 1,650 free sits second within the convention and fifteenth nationally.