Oakland Sweeps Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week Awards for Second Straight Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oakland's Matyas Keresztes and Chelsea Oates
were named Summit League Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week
for their performances during the week of Jan. 11-17.
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Matyas Keresztes, Oakland
Fr., Sasd, Hungary/Bolyai Janos Gimnazium
Keresztes garners his first career Swimming and Diving
Athlete of the Week award after recording two event wins, helping
Oakland, ranked 20th in the mid-major poll, defeat
Cleveland State (128-113), No. 4 in the poll, and Xavier
(176.5-54.5), receiving votes in the poll. Individually, he won
the 100 Free with a time of 45.67 and placed third in the 200 Free
with a time of 1:41.94, the fifth-best league time this season. He
also anchored the first place 200 IM Relay team that recorded a
time of 1:32.99.
Also nominated: Rich Waszak, Eastern Illinois; Terry Rolfe,
South Dakota; Jeff Davis, Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Jan. 11 - Alex Aceino, Oakland; Dec. 21 -
Brandon Wilkinson, Western Illinois; Dec. 14 - Terry Rolfe, South
Dakota; Dec. 7 - Marcin Unold, Oakland; Nov. 23 - Chris Schreier,
South Dakota State; Nov. 16 - Tyler McGowan, IUPUI; Nov. 2 - Brad
Schoreit, South Dakota State; Oct. 26 - Nick Evans, Oakland; Oct.
19 - Chris Schreier, South Dakota State; Oct. 12 - Tyler McGowan,
IUPUI
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Chelsea Oates, Oakland
Sr., East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids
Oates captures her fifth career Swimming and Diving
Athlete of the Week honor and her first of the season after winning
the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, helping Oakland defeat Cleveland
State (146.50-96.50), ranked 15th in the mid-major poll,
Xavier (183-54), who is receiving votes in the poll and Duquesne
(151.50-85.50). As the reigning Summit League 1-meter Diving
Champion, she posted a season-best 300.75 points in the 1-meter,
the best league score this season and won the 3-meter with a score
of 300.83. Oates currently holds the second-best league score in
the 3-meter with a mark of 310.05 points in the Golden Grizzlies
win over Eastern Michigan.
Also nominated: Lizzie Bourgeois, IUPUI; Alyssa Lehman,
Eastern Illinois, Andrea Budahl, South Dakota State; Allison
Calewarts, Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Jan. 11 - Johanna Gustafsson, Oakland;
Dec. 21 - Brianna Eizenga, Western Illinois; Dec. 14 - None
Selected; Dec. 7 - Vanessza Balogh; Nov. 23 - Jessica Ferley, South
Dakota State; Nov. 16 - Chen Ni, IUPUI; Nov. 9 - Elizabeth Hoffman,
South Dakota; Nov. 2 - Vanessza Balogh, Oakland; Oct. 26 - Lizzie
Bourgeois, IUPUI; Oct. 19 - Vanessza Balogh, Oakland; Oct. 12 -
Katelyn Cato, IUPUI
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