Oakland Sweeps Weekly Swimming and Diving Honors

12/4/2012 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Anders Jensen and Alyssa Busch were named The Summit League's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week for their performances Nov. 28-Dec.3.

MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Anders Jensen, Oakland
R-Sr. // Copenhagen, Denmark
Jensen captures his fifth career Athlete of the Week award and first of the season after posting two top-25 times in the nation according to USA Swimming, including the sixth-fastest 100 Back time, and two NCAA 'B' cuts. The red-shirt senior led the Golden Grizzlies to a first-place finish at the EMU Invitational, edging out Eastern Michigan, the defending Mid-American Conference Champion, by three points. Jensen won two individual events and was a part of three first-place relay squads. He won the 100 Back in a pool and meet record time of 46.73, ranking sixth in the nation and first in the league. The Copenhagen, Denmark, native also won the 200 Back with a time of 1.43.92, good for 24^th in the nation and tops in the league. He earned NCAA 'B' cuts in both the 100 and 200 Back and was 0.7 shy of a NCAA 'A' cut in the 100 Back. Individually, he also recorded a league-best time in the 200 IM (1:49.56) with a fourth-place finish. Jensen helped the OU relay teams win the 200 Free (1:24.05), 200 Medley (1:28.79) and 400 Medley (3:15.44), while recording pool and meet records with league-best times in the 200 and 400 Medley relays.

Also nominated: Colin McGill, Eastern Illinois; Tony Carroll, IUPUI; Ian Ford, South Dakota; Wil Hogue, South Dakota State; Matt Abercrombie, Western Illinois.

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.

WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Alyssa Busch, Oakland
Sr. // East Moline, Ill.
Busch garners her second career Athlete of the Week honor and first of the season after recording two NCAA 'B' cut times and setting a meet record. The senior won the 100 Back in a meet record time of 54.82 and finished second in the 200 Back in 1:58.83, both NCAA 'B' cut times. Her 100 Back time marks the fastest league time this season and her 200 Back time ranks second in the league. Busch was also a member of the second place 200 and 400 Medley relay teams recording league-best times of 1:44.16 and 3:45.93.

Also nominated: Hailey Foss, Eastern Illinois; Lizzie Bourgeouis, IUPUI; Shannon Moceri, South Dakota; Devonne Dalin, South Dakota State; Lizzie Hollopeter, Western Illinois.

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.

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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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