MVC Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors (Feb. 4)

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Valley Conference introduced its males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving weekly honors on Wednesday. 

Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Willem Huggins, Sophomore, Southern Illinois (Carbondale, Illinois)

Southern Illinois’ Willem Huggins broke three pool information in a twin meet win over Eastern Illinois, whereas incomes a pair of top-three particular person performances in a twin meet in opposition to Missouri. Huggins clocked a successful time of 45.10 within the 100-yard freestyle in opposition to the Panthers to interrupt the earlier pool document. Additionally, he helped the 200-freestyle relay (1:22.03) and 400-medley relay (3:18.58) etch their names on the facility with record-breaking performances. He additionally earned a person win within the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.86). At Mizzou, he gained the 100-yard backstroke occasion in a time of 47.83 whereas incomes third place within the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.50).

 

Men’s Diver of the Week: Carson Harrington, Freshman, UMass (Evergreen, Colorado)

As the Minutemen defeated Fordham, 163-137, on Saturday, Carson Harrington earned two silver medals. In the one-meter dive, Harrington had a complete of 317.78, whereas scoring a 358.50 within the three-meter dive. His rating within the one-meter occasion marked a private and season greatest for the rookie, whereas his three-meter rating was the second-highest recorded by Harrington this season.

Men’s Freshman of the Week: Zach Mendez, Freshman, Missouri State (Lansing, Kansas)

Missouri State’s Zach Mendez not solely set a private greatest within the 1650-yard freestyle this previous weekend, however he additionally notched a Conference-leading time of 15:18.98 within the occasion. His victory within the occasion helped the Bears’ efforts to seize a twin meet win over UIC. His time leads The Valley by almost three seconds, and is the perfect time recorded for the reason that flip of the calendar yr.

 

Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Olivia Elgin, Junior, Little Rock (New Franklin, Ohio)

Olivia Elgin captured the 500-yard freestyle title in 4:52.71, setting each a Little Rock college document and a pool document. She added one other particular person victory within the 200-yard freestyle, touching first in 1:47.89 to determine a brand new pool document. Her influence prolonged to the relays, starting with a personal-best 23.38 leadoff cut up within the 200-yard freestyle relay to assist safe the occasion win. Elgin additionally delivered a vital 24.75 butterfly cut up within the 200-yard medley relay, contributing to a different first-place end. She closed the meet by main off the 400-yard freestyle relay in 49.95, serving to the Trojans set a brand new pool document within the occasion.

 

Women’s Diver of the Week: Jecza Lopez, Junior, Indiana State (Guadalajara, Mexico)

Jecza Lopez continued her dominance on the diving boards this previous weekend in Muncie, Ind. because the junior surpassed the 300-point mark in claiming each the 1M Springboard and 3M Springboard diving competitions. Lopez scored 303.08 within the 1M Springboard on her strategy to successful the occasion by 70.5 factors over the competitors by which the Sycamores claimed 4 of the highest 5 spots within the standings. She adopted up by scoring 301.50 to assert the 3M Springboard title in successful by almost 68 factors as Indiana State put 5 divers within the high six spots.

 

Women’s Freshman of the Week: Grace Cummings, Freshman, Indiana State (Kent, England)

Grace Cummings continues so as to add to a stellar freshman marketing campaign because the Kent, England native set a brand new commonplace within the 1000-yard Freestyle this previous Friday night time within the twin meet in opposition to Ball State. Cummings took down the Lewellen Aquatic Center facility document with out the necessity of a efficiency go well with because the freshman went out in 10:06.98 to interrupt the earlier mark set by Notre Dame’s Shelley Hotchkiss (10:11.55) set again in 1994. Cummings gained the occasion by almost 17 seconds in her first win of the day. She adopted up by claiming the 500-yard Freestyle win in 5:04.44 to win the occasion by three seconds to finish the space sweep.