By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa senior Olivia Hansson and senior Kenya Meyer are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s latest women’s swimming & diving weekly honorees for the period Oct. 20-Nov. 2, announced Thursday.
Swimmer
Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Kivik, Sweden)
Hansson finished first in the 1,000-yard freestyle event in both a double dual at Colorado State against Denver and in a dual at Utah over the past two weeks. In the Mavericks' appearance at Colorado State, she won the 1,000 freestyle event with a time of 10:15.81 and finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:58.77. One week later, she won both the 1,000 freestyle (10:17.81) and 500 freestyle (5:00.95) at Utah and posted a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.96) while also serving as the anchor leg in the Mavericks 200-yard freestyle relay.
Others Nominated: Mikaela Khan, Colorado School of Mines; Aly Whitmore, Simon Fraser; Avery Momotiuk, Texas Permian Basin.
Diver
Kenya Meyer, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Bozeman, Montana)
Meyer led Colorado Mesa’s diving unit with four scoring performances in two competitions during the past two weeks. In a double dual against Denver and Colorado State, hosted by the Rams, she finished fourth in the 1-meter diving event (234.10) and sixth in the 3-meter event (230.95). Meyer followed that at Utah with a third-place mark in the 3-meter diving competition (252.75) and finished fourth in the 1-meter event (236.48)..
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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