Lopez, Cummings declare MVC weekly swimming and diving honors

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State’s Jecza Lopez and Grace Cummings have been among the many Missouri Valley Conference’s weekly girls’s swimming and diving award winners as introduced by the convention workplace on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Lopez claimed the convention’s weekly diving honors for the fourth time within the 2025-26 season, whereas Cummings turns into the primary Sycamore to obtain Freshman of the Week recognition this yr.
 
Lopez gained the 1M Springboard diving occasion on the Miami Invite and completed fourth within the 3M Springboard to focus on the Sycamores’ diving efforts over the weekend. The Guadalajara, Mexico native posted the second-highest scores within the 3M Springboard qualifiers with a 299.10, earlier than ending fourth within the finals in 253.50. She adopted up by topping the sphere within the 1M Springboard with a rating of 287.40 after main the qualifiers with a six-dive rating of 275.80.
 
Cummings set an Indiana State file and have become the primary Sycamore to file a time underneath the brand new NCAA reduce line after profitable the 1650-yard Freestyle occasion with a time of 16:23.09 on the Miami Invite. Her time shattered the earlier Sycamore file by almost eight seconds as she topped teammate Claire Parsons by 11 seconds within the occasion finals.
 
Cummings completed third total within the 500-yard Freestyle after going 4:49.66 and served because the lead anchor within the Sycamores’ prime 800-yard Freestyle Relay group.
 
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Indiana State swimming and diving returns to the Vigo County Aquatic Center on Saturday, December 6, because the Sycamores host Toledo for Senior Day. Events are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
 
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