By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University senior Aron Jonsson and junior Jax Juarros are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, following competitions of Oct. 27-Nov. 2.

Swimmer

Aron Jonsson, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Kópavogur, Iceland)
Jonsson won the 200-yard breaststroke event in Colorado Mesa’s dual at Utah, posting an altitude-adjusted time of 2:01.54 which is the best mark in the RMAC this season by nearly two seconds. He also finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with an altitude-adjusted time of 56.34, which would be the sixth-best mark in the RMAC, although he already holds the second-best mark in the league at 55.45 seconds in the event.

Also Nominated:  Charlie Krone, Colorado School of Mines; Sean Greene, Texas Permian Basin.

Diver

Jax Juarros, Colorado Mesa (Junior, Gilbert, Arizona)
Juarros scored 290.18 points in the one-meter diving event in Colorado Mesa’s dual at Utah, securing an NCAA qualifying mark in the event. That six-dive score led all CMU divers and was second in the event. He also notched a score of 260.33 in a six-dive effort in the 3-meter diving event. .

Also Nominated:  Bruno Albertoni, Colorado School of Mines

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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