Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines’ Meghan Slowey and Western Colorado’s Alexandra Wallis are the week three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, the league announced Wednesday.
 
Slowey earns her first Swimmer of the Week honor this year following her season debut for the Orediggers over the weekend at a pair of meets. The senior’s competition list was heavy as she competed in a trio of events against a pair of NCAA Division I foes in Air Force and Nebraska Omaha on Friday. At the Air Force Triangular meet, she claimed a raw time of 11:00.0 in the 1000-yard freestyle, a mark that ranks 15th nationally this season, before performing in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events. She then turned around to compete at home in the 1000-yard freestyle once again on Saturday at the Mines Triangular Meet against Colorado State and New Mexico State.
 
Up next, the Orediggers will travel to Alamosa, Colo., to take on Adams State on Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 6 p.m. The two-day meet will be hosted by the Grizzlies inside Plachy Hall Pool.
 
Wallis earns her first RMAC Diver of the Week honor after leading the Mountaineers at the CSU Pueblo Quad Meet over the weekend in Pueblo, Colo. The freshman rose to the moment and secured the individual title on the one-meter board with a score of 211.00. She bested a field of five divers in the event during her collegiate debut.
 
Western Colorado will now travel to Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 21, where they will take on Colorado State University Pueblo and host University of New Mexico. The meet will be hosted inside UNM’s Johnson Center.
 
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Meghan Slowey, Colorado School of Mines – Sr. – Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Slowey opened her season in winning fashion after taking first in the 1000-yard freestyle event at the Air Force Triangular last weekend. On Friday she also raced in the 200-free and the 500-free before swimming another 1000 on Saturday at the Mines Triangular against Colorado State and New Mexico State. In less than 24 hours the defending 2022 All-American raced over 3000 yards in competition with one win.
 
Honorable Mention: Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa; Abigail Yalcin, Western Colorado.
 
Women’s Diver of the Week: Alexandra Wallis, Western Colorado – Fr. – Thornton, Colo.
In her collegiate debut, Wallis wasted no time finding success with a first-place finish in the one-meter dive at the CSU Pueblo Quad Meet. Amongst a field of five competitors, the freshman led a trio of Western Colorado competitors for the individual title.
 
Honorable Mention: Kyra Apodaca, Colorado Mesa.