By: Anthony Moscaret, External Communications Assistant

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University’s junior diver Emma Lence and Simon Fraser University’s redshirt senior swimmer Abby Williams claim the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s women’s swimming & diving weekly honors this week, announced Thursday.
 
Swimmer
Abby Williams, Simon Fraser (R-Sr., St. John’s, N.L., Canada)
Williams won four individual and four relay events for No. 13-ranked Simon Fraser as the Red Leafs won both duals at NCAA Division III Puget Sound (Wash.) Oct. 9-10. The redshirt senior won the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.20), which met the NCAA B standard, the 50-yard freestyle (23.34), and was part of two first-place relays on day one. She swam the anchor leg of the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.75) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:36.48), which is the third-best relay time in Division II. She swam the open leg in 23.33 (NCAA B standard). On the second day, she won the 100-yard freestyle (50.51), which met the NCAA B standard, and the 100-yard butterfly (56.62). She was part of two more first-place relay teams: the 400-yard medley relay (3:50.59) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:31.21).
Others Nominated: Loralie Gallegos, Adams State; Melina Giraudeau, Colorado Mesa; Jenna MacDougall.

Diver
Emma Lence, Colorado Mesa (Jr., Fraser, Colo.)
Lence led the Mavericks in both diving events during Saturday's double dual with Division I Colorado State University and Washington State University. She scored 237.75 points in the 1-meter to place third in the 9-woman field and then took fourth in the 3-meter with 227.25 points.
Others Nominated: Autumn Zumpf, CSU Pueblo.
 
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.