DU’s Edfort, USD’s Hertting Earn Diver of the Week Awards
DU’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 Jan. 19-25.
MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Ross Edfort, Denver
Sr. // Somerset, N.J.
Ross Edfort was named Summit League Men's Diver of the Week for the third time this season and the sixth time of his career. Edfort posted a season-best score (242.90) in his three-meter dive and a score of 326.70 in the one-meter vs. Brigham Young. He also the high mark in the one-meter vs. Pac-12 Utah with 329.10 and finished second in the three-meter with a mark of 292.80.
Also nominated: Chase Testa, South Dakota; Cody Watts, IUPUI.
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; Jan. 20 – Cody Watts, IUPUI.
WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota
So. // Appleton, Wis.
Hertting earns Summit League Diver of the Week honors for the 19th time in her career and ninth time this season. Coyote sophomore Greysen Hertting recorded a score of 320.33 points in the three-meter dive in Friday's dual versus South Dakota State to best her own school record of 301.50 set earlier this season. Hertting's score also broke a six-year-old DakotaDome pool record. Hertting added a win in the one-meter dive with 239.48 points. Saturday, she returned in the dual versus North Dakota to sweep the women's boards, taking the three-meter in 312.68 and one-meter in 281.03.
Also nominated: Melissa Berger, IUPUI; Dana Gau, Denver.
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; Dec. 9 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Jan. 13 – Larissa Grammer, Denver; Jan. 20 – Greysen Hertting.
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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