By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University seniors Ada Qunell and Kenya Meyer are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s latest women’s swimming & diving weekly honorees for the period Nov. 10-23, and announced Tuesday.

Swimmer

Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Whitefish, Montana)
Qunell posted an NCAA Division II “A” qualifying mark in the 100-yard freestyle and added five “B” marks at the TYR/CMU invitational last week. Her 49.50 in the 100 free is the best mark in Division II this season, and she now has the best time in the 200-yard freestyle after a 1:45.95 that is a “B” qualifying mark. Qunell also added “B” marks in the 50-yard freestyle (23.31), 100-yard butterfly (54.33), and the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.69). She also swam legs on the Mavericks’ 200- and 400-yard medley relay teams, which posted the second- and third-best times in Division II, respectively.

Others Nominated: Jocelyn Jones, Adams State; Anna Bream, Colorado School of Mines; Carla Sanchez Guareno, CSU Pueblo; Keira Kennedy, Simon Fraser; Rowan McWhorter, UT Permian Basin.

Diver

Kenya Meyer, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Bozeman, Montana)
Meyer has already booked her trip to the NCAA pre-championship qualifying meet in Evansville, Indiana, following impressive efforts in the 3- and 1-meter diving events at the TYR/CMU Invitational last week. She won the 3-meter event with a score of 522.30 over 11 dives and tacked on a 483.50 mark in 11 dives to win the 1-meter event.

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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