USD’s Gens, Hertting Named Divers of the Week
USD’s Gens, Hertting Named Divers of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Dustin Gens and Greysen Hertting were named the Men's and Women's Divers of the Week for their performances Nov. 11-17.
MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Dustin Gens, South Dakota
Jr. // Winsted, Minn.
Gens earns his third career Diver of the Week award and first of the season after sweeping the diving events at the Border Battle. The junior won the one-meter dive with a score of 275.20 and the three-meter with 303.90 points, both rank fourth-best in the league this season.
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct. 21 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct. 28 – Ross Edfort, Denver; Nov. 4 – Doug Ogilvie, Western Illinois; Nov. 11 – Connor Florand, South Dakota State.
WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota
So. // Appleton, Wis.
Hertting collects Diver of the Week honors for the second-straight week and 15th time of her career after winning both diving events at the Border Battle. The sophomore won the one-meter dive with a league-best and NCAA Zone qualifying score of 281.20. She also finished first in the three-meter with 280.10 points.
Also nominated: Miranda Knipfer, South Dakota.
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 21 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 28 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota: Nov. 4 – Miranda Knipfer, Omaha; Nov. 11 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota.
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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