Borgenheimer, Harris Claim RMAC Women’s Swimmer and Diver Honors
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa’s Lily Borgenheimer and Jolynn Harris are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, the league announced Tuesday.
Borgenheimer secures her second Swimmer of the Week honor this season after pacing the Mavericks to a share of the title last week at the A3 Performance Invitational at El Pomar Natatorium in Grand Junction, Colo. She was crowned Female Swimmer of the Meet after taking first place in each of her three individual events. Borgenheimer claimed first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.71, first in the 200 IM with a 2:01.94 and first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:01.98.
Harris is the Diver of the Week for the third time this season after recording wins on the one-meter and three-meter boards for the Mavs last week. She scored 475.55 points in the one-meter event and 457.8 points in the three-meter board event.
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Lily Borgenheimer, Colorado Mesa – Jr. – Chippewa Falls, Wis.
After posting wins in all three of her events and leading the Mavs to a share of the event title last week, Borgenheimer was crowned the Female Swimmer of the Meet. She stamped an NCAA qualifying time in the 200-yard breaststroke, earning a 2.42-second lead on the national performance list. Her victory in the 200 IM was a CMU program record. Additionally, her time in the 100-yard breaststroke was just .01 seconds shy of tying her school record. She also helped the Mavericks set a meet record and an NCAA qualifying time in the 200 medley relay event.
Women’s Diver of the Week: Jolynn Harris, Colorado Mesa – Jr. – Des Moines, Iowa
Harris won each of the one-meter and three-meter board events at the A3 Performance Invitational last week, where she set NCAA Division II leading marks in each event along the way. The Des Moines, Iowa, native opened the meet with 475.55 points on the one-meter board on Thursday and followed with 457.8 points on the three-meter board Saturday.
For a weekly award winner to be announced, at least 50 percent of RMAC institutions must have competed leading up to the award announcement.