Denver’s Robrock, Sanders Sweep Weekly #SummitSD Awards

12/8/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Kyle Robrock was named Summit League Men's Swimmer of the Week while teammate Amanda Sanders earned Women's Swimmer of the Week award for their performances during the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6

KYLE ROBROCK, DENVER
R-Jr. // Savage, Minn.

Named Summit League Swimmer of the Week for the first time in his career
Part of seven Denver records (4 individual, 3 relay) and three all-time Summit League records (1 individual, 2 relay) at the Hawkeye Invitational
Broke a Summit League record in the 50 Free with a time of 19.59, breaking the record previously set in 2003
His 50 Free time is an NCAA B-cut mark as was his time in the 100 Back (46.84), which ranks second all-time in Summit League history
Contributed to Summit League record relay teams in the 200 Free (1:18.91) and 400 Free (2:54.84), both ranking in the top-12 of the NCAA rankings
All seven of his record-setting times rank within the top-30 in the NCAA rankings this season, claiming five first-place finishes and two second-place finishes at the prestigious meet

Also nominated: Hunter Padgett, South Dakota; Ben Bolinske, South Dakota State; Chris Neaveill, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Oct. 13 – Hunter Padgett, South Dakota; Oct. 20 – Wyatt Rumrill, South Dakota State; Oct. 27 – Ray Bornman, Denver; Nov. 3 – Lennart Kuester, IUPUI; Nov. 10 – Dylan Bunch, Denver; Nov. 17 – Ben Bolinske, South Dakota State; Nov. 24 – Jon Stoller, IUPUI

AMANDA SANDERS, DENVER
Jr. // Superior, Colo.

Collected her fourth career Swimmer of the Week honor and second of the season
The junior broke her own Summit League and Denver records in the 100 Breast (1:00.65) and 200 Breast (2:08.63)
Both of her record times set at the Hawkeye Invitational are NCAA B-standard times
Her meet-winning time in the 200 Breast ranks 11^th in the NCAA this season
The junior broke her own Summit League records that she set at The 2014 Summit League Championships

Also nominated: Morgan Stepp, Omaha; Rachel Svendson, South Dakota; Kristin Erf, South Dakota State; Erica Hagen, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Oct. 13 – Quinn Fawcett, South Dakota; Oct. 20 – Johanna Roas, Denver; Oct. 27 – Amanda Sanders, Denver; Nov. 3 – Morgan Stepp, Omaha; Nov. 10 – Johanna Roas, Denver; Nov. 17 – Kristin Erf, South Dakota State; Nov. 24 – Miranda Buha, 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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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