SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Denver and South Dakota State garnered this week’s Summit League Swimming and Diving weekly accolades League officials unveiled Tuesday.
 
The latest weekly awards gave Denver diver, Zyad Morsy, a league-record 13 career weekly honors while fellow DU diver Kaitlin Calvery claimed her fourth. Pioneer swimmer Frank Tirone tabbed his first career peak performer honor while South Dakota State’s Gigi Hioki garnered her second.

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MEN’S PEAK SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Frank Tirone, Denver
Sr | Sprint Free | Oak Park, Ill.

• Collected his first career weekly award of the season
• Helped the Pioneers secure a 181-117 dual win over Wyoming
• Won the men’s 50 free with a time of 20.74
• Captured the 100 free with a time of 46.18
• Swam a leg of the 400 free relay team that won the event with a time of 3:03.45
• Was a member of the 200 medley relay the took second in a time of 1:31.76

Also nominated: Conner Colston (Eastern Illinois), Sam Johnson (South Dakota State)
 
MEN’S PEAK DIVER OF THE WEEK
Zyad Morsy, Denver
Jr | Dive | Louisville, Ky.

• Captured a league-record 13^th career weekly honor, sixth of the season
• Won the men’s 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 368.33
• Took second in the 3-meter dive with a score of 309.45

Also nominated: Seth Berens (South Dakota State), Lane Pollock (Southern Indiana)
 
WOMEN’S PEAK SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Gigi Hioki, South Dakota State
So | Free | Honolulu, Hawaii

• Collected her second career weekly accolade, second of the season
• Won a pair of individual titles and a relay event crown in a dual against Augustana
• Captured the 200 free event with a time of 1:53.03
• Took first in the 500 free after touching the wall in 5:10.44
• Swam a leg of the 400 free relay that took the event with a time of 3:31.75

Also nominated: Mia Moulden (Denver), Autumn Grinter (Eastern Illinois), Hayden Shurtz (Southern Indiana)
 
WOMEN’S PEAK DIVER OF THE WEEK
Kaitlin Calvery, Denver
Jr | Dive | Louisville, Ky.

• Earned her fourth career weekly award and third of the season
• Finished second in the women’s 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 280.80
• Captured second overall in the 3-meter with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 305.78

Also nominated: Anna Mei Castro (South Dakota State), Anna Bunnell (Southern Indiana)
 
2024-25 Swimming & Diving Peak Performers of the Week
Oct. 8
MS: Stefan Varga, Omaha
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Jessica Maeda, Denver
WD: Ava Snyder, Omaha
 
Oct. 15
MS: Dylan Wright, Denver
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Ines Marin, Denver
WD: Anna Mei Castro, South Dakota State
 
Oct. 22
MS: Brandon Chapman, Denver
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Gigi Hioki, South Dakota State
WD: Kaitlin Calvery, Denver
 
Oct. 29
MS: Stefan Varga, Omaha
MD: Owen Kipp, Omaha
WS: Payton Easley, Omaha
WD: Bella Price, Omaha
 
Nov. 5
MS: Nick Rounds, South Dakota
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Jessica Maeda, Denver
WD: Kaitlin Calvery, Denver
 
Nov. 12
MS: Alex Foti, St. Thomas
MD: Austin Kantor, St. Thomas
WS: Sophia Hayes, St. Thomas
WD: Hattie Opdahl, St. Thomas
 
Nov. 19
MS: Stefan Varga, Omaha
MD: Lane Pollock, Southern Indiana
WS: Hailey Matthews, Omaha
WD: Anna Bunnell, Southern Indiana
 
Nov. 26
MS: Nick Rounds, South Dakota
MD: Charlie Matthews, South Dakota
WS: Emily Kahn, South Dakota
WD: Mady Schmidt, South Dakota
 
Dec. 10
MS: Joseph Hancock, Denver
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Mina Ada Solaker, Denver
WD: Anna Mei Castro, South Dakota State
 
Dec. 17
MS: Connor Hughes, Denver
MD: N/A
WS: Hailey Matthews, Omaha
WD: Ava Snyder, Omaha
 
Jan. 14
MS: Frank Tirone, Denver
MD: Zyad Morsy, Denver
WS: Gigi Hioki, South Dakota State
WD: Kaitlin Calvery, Denver