By: Anthony Moscaret, External Communications Assistant

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Simon Fraser University redshirt senior swimmer Marcus Mak and Colorado Mesa University's fifth-year diver Wyatt Hermanson claim the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s men’s swimming & diving weekly honors, announced Thursday.

Swimmer
Marcus Mak, Simon Fraser (R-Sr., Victoria, B.C., Canada)
Mak won three of four individual races for Simon Fraser over two days as the Red Leafs competed against Seattle University (NCAA Div. I) and host the University of Puget Sound (Div. III).  On the first day, he won the 100-yard breaststroke (54.79) by over two seconds. His time met the NCAA Division II B standard and ranks fifth overall in Division II. He finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (21.02) and was part of two relay teams. He was part of the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:24.85) that took second and the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.69) that finished third. On the second day, he won the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.84) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.27); both times met the NCAA B standards. The redshirt senior was part of two second-place relay teams: the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:06.94) and the 400-yard medley relay (3:20.79) to close out the meet.
 Others Nominated: Jakob Werner, Colorado Mesa; Kenny Rupp, Adams State.

Diver
Wyatt Hermanson, Colorado Mesa (5th year, Mandan, N.D.)
Hermanson won both the 1 & 3-meter events while helping the nation's fourth-ranked Mavericks crush 18^th-ranked Colorado School of Mines in an RMAC road dual on Friday, 168-73. He set NCAA qualifying scores of 320.33 points (1m) and 351.38 (3m), easily surpassing the qualifying standards of 285 (1m) and 295 (3m). His 3-meter score is the best 6-dive score in the country this season.  His 1-meter score ranks him third, according to Swimcloud. The Mavericks have now won 16 consecutive RMAC duals, a streak that dates back more than a decade.
 
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.