Western Illinois Sweeps Weekly Swimming and Diving Awards
Western Illinois Sweeps Weekly Swimming and Diving Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Tyler Neaveill and Megan Popp were named The Summit League's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week for their performances Dec. 11-17.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Tyler Neaveill, Western Illinois
So. // Germantown Hills, Ill.
Neaveill claims his first career Athlete of the Week honor after tallying an individual event win and two relay victories against UIC. The Germantown Hills, Ill., native won the 50 Free in 22.16. He was also a member of the winning 200 Free (1:28.80) and 200 Medley (1:39.05) relay teams.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Matt Abercrombie, WIU; Oct. 23 – Rich Sunkel, IUPUI; Oct. 30 – Jorden Merriliees, OU; Nov. 6 – Wil Hogue, SDSU; Nov. 13 – Grant Harding, OU; Nov. 20 – Brad Schoreit, SDSU; Dec. 4 – Anders Jensen, OU; Dec. 11 – Kyle Ochsner, SDSU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Megan Popp, Western Illinois
Fr. // Fenton, Mo.
Popp earns her first career Athlete of the Week award after recording two top-three finishes against UIC. The freshman won the 1,000 Free touching the wall in 11:01.31. She also finished third in the 500 Free with a time of 5:32.56.
Previous winners: Oct. 16 – Nikki Flynn, OU; Oct. 23 – Elizabeth Bourgeois, IUPUI; Oct. 30 – Tricia Grant, OU; Nov. 6 – Karin Tomeckova, OU; Nov. 13 – Karin Tomeckova, OU; Nov. 20 – Andee Budahl, SDSU; Dec. 4 – Alyssa Busch, OU; Dec. 11 – Natalie Renshaw, UNO.
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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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