Ladies’s Swimming & Diving: LePage earns first GNAC Diver of the Week, Allen picks up third Rookie of the Week honor

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University ladies’s swimming & diving group picked up two extra weekly honors from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) on Monday afternoon, as Delaney Allen (Gibsonia, Pa.) was named GNAC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season, and Ava LePage (Palmyra, Maine) earned the primary Diver of the Week nod of her profession.

The Cadets returned to motion for the 2026 calendar yr on Saturday at Keene State College, logging three occasion wins and a number of other top-three finishes in a 189-83 setback to the Owls.

Allen led the best way within the pool with a dominant efficiency throughout a number of occasions.  The freshman claimed a wire-to-wire victory within the 200-yard freestyle with a time of two:04.93, then cruised to a win within the 200-yard particular person medley in 2:25.49.  She added a runner-up end within the 100-yard freestyle (57.39) and helped Norwich’s 200-yard medley relay squad to a second-place displaying in 2:04.82.

LePage earned high honors on the diving board, outdistancing the 1-meter discipline by over 40 factors with a rating of 162.90 to say her first diving win of the season.  The junior’s efficiency marked a vivid spot for the Cadets of their first meet since November and delivered Norwich’s sixth GNAC Diver of the Week honor this season.  Senior Reilly Laitala (Sterling, Mass.) beforehand earned the award 5 occasions this yr.

With Monday’s announcement, Allen turns into a three-time Rookie of the Week recipient in 2025-26, matching Laitala’s three Rookie of the Week plaudits throughout the 2022-23 season.  This honor additionally marks the primary time because the 2023-24 marketing campaign the place two completely different Norwich divers have acquired Diver of the Week laurels, when Laitala and Heather Ansley ’24 completed the feat.

The Cadets will return dwelling to Goodyear Pool on Saturday, Jan. 17, to host Plymouth State University for Senior Day at 12:00 p.m.  Norwich will then shut the common season on Saturday, Jan. 24, at Eastern Connecticut State University.