Oakland Sweeps #HLSD Athletes of the Week

ROCHESTER, Mich. – For the primary time this season, the Oakland University swimming and diving group sweeps the Horizon League Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week awards. 

The league introduced on Wednesday that Lydia Soldatke and Christopher Palvadre earned Women’s and Men’s Swimmers of the Week honors, whereas Owen Cox and Victoria Sanders have been named Divers of the Week for his or her performances throughout the week of Oct. 29 – Nov. 4 at Oakland’s house tri-meet house opener towards Cincinnati and Purdue.

Lydia Soldatke provides a second #HLSD Women’s Swimmer of the Week to her accomplishments this season. After setting three pool data at Youngstown State, she broke one other at house within the OU Aquatic Center. The freshman received the 200 again in 1:56.09 – a brand new report by 0.23 seconds. Soldatke additionally positioned second within the 100 again (53.63) and helped the 400 free relay group to a third-place end (3:22.85).

Senior Chris Palvadre picks up his first #HLSD Men’s Swimmer of the Week honor of the 12 months after excellent performances within the breaststroke occasions and relays. The former #HLSD breaststroke champion claimed victories in each the 100 breast (52.70) and 200 breast (1:56.77), persevering with to point out his dominance within the races. Palvadre additionally contributed to 4 top-three relay finishes: second within the 400 free (2:56.72), 400 medley (3:11.57), and 200 free (1:20.15), and third within the 200 medley (1:27.26).

Victoria Sanders earns her first #HLSD Women’s Diver of the Week award for her efforts towards Cincinnati and Purdue, ending fourth within the 1-Meter (278.70) and 3-Meter (243.55) dives. The senior was the highest performer amongst all Oakland and Cincinnati divers in each occasions.

Freshman Owen Cox secures his first-ever #HLSD Men’s Diver of the Week award in simply his second collegiate meet. As Oakland’s sole male diver within the tri-meet, Cox completed seventh within the 3-Meter (244.30) and eighth within the 1-Meter (245.00) occasions.

This week’s #HLSD honors spotlight the Golden Grizzlies’ laborious work and willpower after dealing with two Power Four faculties, together with the #25-ranked Purdue Boilermakers males’s group. The powerful competitors continues, as each groups head to Ann Arbor to face the Michigan Wolverines, at present ranked sixth amongst Division I ladies and seventeenth amongst Division I males.