Denver’s Bunch and Corea Named Swimmers of the Week
Denver’s Bunch and Corea Named Swimmers of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Dylan Bunch and Samantha Corea were named The Summit League's Swimmers of the Week for their performances Dec. 2-8.
MEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Dylan Bunch, Denver
Jr. // Boulder City, Nev.
Bunch earned his second Swimmer of the Week honor this season and fifth of his career after a pair of Summit League best times that earned him victories at the Hawkeye Invitational. His winning 500 freestyle time of 4:19.10 was a league-best and ranks No. 16 in the NCAA this season. In the 1650 freestyle, Bunch won with a league-best time of 15:00.87, good for the No. 13 position nationally. He also placed third in the 200 free with a time of 1:37.96, which ranks third in the league. All three of Bunch's individual times qualified as NCAA Standard B cuts.
Also nominated: Ian Ford, South Dakota; Dan Jacobson, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Alex McLain, South Dakota State; Oct. 21 – Ray Bornman, Denver; Oct. 28 – Dylan Bunch, Denver; Nov. 4 – Chris Neaveill, Western Illinois; Nov. 11 – Alex McLain, South Dakota State; Nov. 18 – Jacob Knowles, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Lennart Kuester, IUPUI
WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Samantha Corea, Denver
Sr. // Vancouver, B.C.
Corea collected her second Swimmer of the Week award this season and the fourth of her career after posting four victories, all of which resulted in league-best times, at the Hawkeye Invitational. Her winning time of 1:52.68 in the 200 backstroke set a new Denver record, meet record and Iowa Pool record and ranks No. 9 in the nation. Corea's 200 back winning time of 1:52.68 ranks No. 16 in the NCAA while her victorious 100 fly (52.83) and 50 free (22.47) times rank 22nd and 31st nationally. All four of her individual times qualified as NCAA Standard B cuts.
Also nominated: Natalie Renshaw, Omaha; Sam Schutt, South Dakota; Emily Campbell, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Sam Schutt, South Dakota; Oct. 21 – Amanda Sanders, Denver/Sam Schutt, South Dakota; Oct. 28 – Samantha Corea, Denver; Nov. 4 – Emily Campbell, South Dakota State; Nov. 11 – Sam Schutt, South Dakota; Nov. 18 – Sam Schutt, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Lexi Laird, IUPUI
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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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