Pioneers sweep Kwik Star #SummitSD weekly awards

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Denver’s swimming duo of Gabe Jones and Samantha Synsvoll, together with the diving duo of Trip Gregory and Savanna Berry, swept the most recent Summit League Kwik Star Swimming and Diving Peak Performers of the Week, league officers introduced Tuesday. Jones and Gregory earned the lads’s honors, whereas Synsvoll and Berry collected the ladies’s awards because the Pioneers have been the primary league crew to garner all 4 awards in the identical week this season.

On the lads’s aspect, Jones and Gregory shined for the Pioneers as pair of freshmen mixed for 3 first-place finishes in duals towards Utah and BYU. Jones opened the meet with a first-place exhibiting towards BYU within the 200 fly, setting an El Pomar Natatorium document with a time of 1:47.03. The Ogden, Utah, native adopted with one other victory within the 200 fly towards Utah, grabbing first place in 1:48.89.

 

Gregory claimed first place towards Utah within the 3-meter dive, incomes an NCAA Zone Cut. He added a second Zone Cut towards BYU with a rating of 309.60 within the 1-meter dive.

For the ladies, Synsvoll and Berry have been dominant for the Pioneers in duals towards New Mexico and BYU. Synsvoll picked up a pair of wins towards the Lobos within the 200 free and 200 IM earlier than including one other victory within the 200 again towards the Cougars. Berry continued her robust run, sweeping each diving occasions towards BYU and claiming first place within the 3-meter towards New Mexico to earn her second straight Peak Performer of the Week honor.

 

MEN’S PEAK SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

Gabe Jones, Denver

Fr. | IM/Fly/Back | Ogden, Utah

• Led Denver’s males’s swimmers in duals vs. Utah and BYU over the weekend
• Set an El Pomar Natatorium document within the males’s 200 fly on Saturday afternoon, a 1:47.03
• Collected his first profession weekly award

Also nominated: Jerrin Dale (Southern Indiana).
 
MEN’S PEAK DIVER OF THE WEEK
Trip Gregory, Denver

Fr. | Dive | Norman Park, Ga.

• Led Denver’s divers in duals this week towards Utah and BYU
• Placed first within the 3-meter dive vs. Utah and second within the 1-meter dive towards BYU, incomes NCAA Zone Cuts in each
• Collected his second profession weekly award

Also nominated: Lane Pollock (Southern Indiana).

WOMEN’S PEAK SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

Samantha Synsvoll, Denver

Fr. | IM/Back | Colorado Springs, Colo.

• Led Denver’s girls’s swimmers to a pair of twin wins over the weekend towards New Mexico (Friday) and BYU (Saturday)
• Notched first place finishes vs. New Mexico within the 200 free and 200 IM, whereas additionally successful the 200 again towards BYU
• Collected her second profession weekly award

Also nominated: Jordyn Davis (St. Thomas), Emma Gabhart (Southern Indiana).
 
WOMEN’S PEAK DIVER OF THE WEEK
Savanna Berry, Denver

Jr. | Dive | Lodi, Calif.

• Delivered first place finishes towards New Mexico within the 3-meter dive and BYU in each dives
• Earned three NCAA Zone Cuts over the weekend
• Collected her sixth profession weekly award

Also nominated: Maya Kelly (St. Thomas), Anna Bunnell (Southern Indiana).

2025-26 Swimming & Diving Peak Performers of the Week

Oct. 7

MS: Hamish McLellan, Denver

MD: Trip Gregory, Denver

WS: Addisyn Storms, Omaha

WD: Kaitlin Calvery, Denver

 

Oct. 14

MS: David Bosch, South Dakota State

MD: Owen Kipp, Omaha

WS: Gigi Hioki, South Dakota State

WD: Ava Johnson, Omaha

 

Oct. 21

MS: Hamish McLellan, Denver

MD: Colin Breuer, Denver

WS: Ellie Undem, St. Thomas

WD: Savanna Berry, Denver

 

Oct. 28

MS: Jerrin Dale, Southern Indiana

MD: Lane Pollock, Southern Indiana

WS: Samantha Synsvoll, Denver

WD: Savanna Berry, Denver       

 

Nov. 4

MS: Nick Rounds, South Dakota

MD: Nathan Frette, Omaha

WS: Julia Saxman, Denver

WD: Bella Price, Omaha

 

Nov. 18

MS: Brady Wainionpaa, Omaha

MD: N/A

WS: Julia Thomas, Omaha

WD: N/A

 

Nov. 25

MS: Nick Rounds, South Dakota

MD: Maddox Mork, South Dakota

WS: Emily DiProspero, South Dakota

WD: Maya Kelly, St. Thomas

 

Dec. 9

MS: Hamish McLellan, Denver

MD: N/A

WS: Julia Saxman, Denver

WD: N/A

 

Jan. 6

MS: Nick Rounds, South Dakota

MD: Dakotah Parker, Denver

WS: Brooke Gothard, St. Thomas

WD: Savanna Berry, Denver

 

Jan. 13

MS: Gabe Jones, Denver

MD: Trip Gregory, Denver

WS: Samantha Synsvoll, Denver              

WD: Savanna Berry, Denver

 

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