Colorado Mesa’s Qunell & Hurley Sweep RMAC Girls’s Swimming Weekly Honors

By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –  Colorado Mesa University senior swimmer Ada Quenell and junior diver Jenna Hurley are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s girls’s swimming weekly award winners for the interval Dec. 9-Jan. 18, introduced Thursday.

Swimmer

Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Whitefish, Montana)
Qunell bookended the vacation break with spectacular performances at December’s UNLV Invitational and in a double twin in opposition to the University of Denver and University of Wyoming in January.  In Las Vegas, she set a profession finest and an NCAA Championship provisional qualifying time within the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:58.54 within the finals. She was additionally a part of the Mavericks’ profitable 200 medley relay staff and second-place 400 medley relay squad. One month later, she completed second in all 4 occasions she competed in in opposition to Denver and Wyoming.

Others Nominated: Andrea Reyes, CSU Pueblo; Joslynn Grace, Nebraska-Kearney; Ava McCormack, UT Permian Basin.

Diver

Jenna Hurley, Colorado Mesa (Junior, Southlake, Texas)
Hurley reached the finals in each the one-meter and three-meter occasions on the UNLV Invitational previous to the vacation break, ending second within the 3-meter occasion. Her 265.60 within the 3-meter finals was a season finest and secured her spot within the NCAA’s Pre-Championship Qualification Meet. Hurley scored a 237.85 within the 1-meter occasion at UNLV and completed eighth in that occasion. In the Mavericks’ double-dual in opposition to Denver and Wyoming, Hurley completed seventh in each the 1-meter (222.45) and 3-meter (247.00) occasions, main CMU within the 1-meter competitors.

About the RMAC

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II convention with 15 establishments positioned in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC at the moment competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports activities and has earned 71 nationwide championships and 53 nationwide runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is probably the most historic athletic convention within the western United States and Division II.

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