Oakland Sweeps Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week Awards
Oakland Sweeps Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Grant Harding and Karin Tomeckova were named The Summit League's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week for their performances Nov. 6-12.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Grant Harding, Oakland
Jr. // Guelph, Ontario
Harding earns his second career Athlete of the Week honor and first of the season after helping the Golden Grizzlies defeat Eastern Michigan, 159-139. The junior won two individual events and helped his team to a pair of top-two relay finishes. He won the 50 free with a time of 21.39 and the 100 free in 45.99, both league-best times this season. Harding was also a part of the winning 200 medley relay team, that posted a league-best time of 1:30.84 and the second place 400 free relay squad (3:04.51), also recording the fastest league time this season.
Also nominated: Adam Ferguson, IUPUI; Colin Krysl, South Dakota.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Matt Abercrombie, WIU; Oct. 23 – Rich Sunkel, IUPUI; Oct. 30 – Jorden Merriliees, OU; Nov. 6 – Wil Hogue, SDSU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Karin Tomeckova, Oakland
Fr. // Bratislava, Slovakia
Tomeckova claims her second career Athlete of the Week honor and second-straight this season after posting four first-place finishes against Eastern Michigan, two individual and two relay wins. The freshman won the 100 back in 56.41 and 200 back in 2:01.66, both the fastest league times this season. She was also a member of the winning 200 medley (1:45.68) and 400 free (3:32.13) relay teams, which recorded league-best times in both events.
Also nominated: Lexi Laird, IUPUI; Cassie Kimmes, South Dakota.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Nikki Flynn, OU; Oct. 23 – Elizabeth Bourgeois, IUPUI; Oct. 30 – Tricia Grant, OU; Nov. 6 – Karin Tomeckova, 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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