IUPUI Sweeps Weekly Swimming & Diving Awards
IUPUI Sweeps Weekly Swimming & Diving Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Rich Sunkel and Elizabeth Bourgeois were named The Summit League's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week for their performances Oct. 16-22.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Rich Sunkel, IUPUI
Fr. // Lafayette, Ind.
Sunkel earns his first career Athlete of the Week honor after winning his first two career individual events and recording two top-three league times. The freshman won the 200 and 500 Free as IUPUI defeated league foe Eastern Illinois, 112-88. At the Indiana Intercollegiates, Sunkel bettered his time in both freestyle events with a league-best time of 4:49.15 in the 500 and 1.45.74 in the 200, which ranks third.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Matt Abercrombie, WIU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Elizabeth Bourgeois, IUPUI
Sr. // Cincinnati, Ohio
Bourgeouis captures her second career Athlete of the Week honor and first of the season after posting three individual league-best times and a league-leading relay. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native won the 200 Fly in a league-best 2:12.12 to help the Jags defeat Eastern Illinois and Butler. She then won the 50 Free (24.19) and finished second in the 100 Fly (57.30) at the Indiana Intercollegiates, recording the fastest league time this season in the both events. Bourgeois was also a part of the IUPUI 200 medley relay team that posted a time of 1:48.34, which ranks first in the league and is the second-fastest all-time in school history.
Also nominated: Andee Budahl, South Dakota State.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Nikki Flynn, OU.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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