By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Oklahoma Christian University junior Vanessa Weatherford scored six wins (four individual, two relay) during September’s competitions to claim the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s first women’s swimming & diving weekly honor, announced Thursday, which recognized all September competitions.

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Vanessa Weatherford, Oklahoma Christian (Junior, New Braunfels, Texas)
Weatherford won three events in Oklahoma Christian’s triangular against RMAC members Texas-Permian Basin and Nebraska-Kearney. She grabbed individual wins in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.09) and the 50-yard butterfly (25.96) and was the final leg in the Eagles’ winning 200-yard freestyle relay. Weatherford also claimed wins in the 100-yard freestyle (52.34) and 100-yard butterfly (58.36) at OC’s Sam Freas Invitational and was a member of the winning 100-yard freestyle relay team and third-place 200-yard medley relay group.  

Others Nominated: Ashlyn Popham, Adams State; Olivia Dannhaus, CSU Pueblo; Avery Momotiuk, Texas-Permian Basin; Agnieszka Rudomina, Western Colorado.

About the RMAC

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.

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