Denver’s Edfort, USD’s Hertting Earn Diver of the Week Awards
Denver’s Edfort, USD’s Hertting Earn Diver of the Week Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Ross Edfort and South Dakota's Greysen Hertting were named as The Summit League's Men's and Women's Divers of the Week for their performances Dec. 2-8.
MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Ross Edfort, Denver
Sr. // Somerset, N.J.
Edfort claims his second Diver of the Week award of the season and fifth of his career after posting a league-best one-meter mark at the Hawkeye Invitational. His one-meter score of 344.85 is a new-league high and placed him third in the event. In the platform dive, Edfort scored a mark of 311.70, second only to his own school record earlier this season, to finish fourth at the event.
Also nominated: Dustin Gens, South Dakota; Connor Florand, South Dakota State
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; Nov. 18 – Dustin Gens, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Cody Watts, IUPUI
WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota
So. // Appleton, Wis.
Hertting earns Diver of the Week honors for the fourth consecutive week and the 17th time in her career after posting a pair of career-highs, including a school record, in 11-dive wins at the Rochester Invitational. She broke her own school record with a score of 479.80 in the one-meter dive one day after setting a personal-best with a three-meter mark of 481.00.
Also nominated: Dana Gau, Denver; Miranda Knipfer, Omaha; Olivia Olesiak, South Dakota State
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; Nov. 18 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – 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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