Courtesy: Horizon League
INDIANAPOLIS – Oakland’s Christian Bart and Youngstown State’s Jael Dankle earned Nike® #HLSD Swimmer of the Week. Bart helped the Golden Grizzlies to a third-place finish at the Zippy Invitational, picking up four wins and breaking a school record. Dankle had three top 10 finishes at the Miami Invitational to help the Penguins. Youngstown State’s Tess Weiskopf earned Nike® #HLSD Diver of the Week. Weiskopf placed second in the one-meter dive and fourth in the three-meter dive at the Miami Invitational.
MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK | CHRISTIAN BART | OAKLAND | REDSHIRT JUNIOR | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Christian Bart won four events and broke a school record to help the Golden Grizzlies to a third-place finish at the Zippy Invitational in Akron, Ohio. On day one, he raced to a winning time of 19.60 in the 50-free finals, which bested the previous record of 19.63 set by Chris Sullivan in 2003. The redshirt junior also helped the Golden Grizzlies to a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.27). He captured a second-place mark in the 100-breast A-final (52.90) on day two. Bart closed the three-day event by taking home first-place honors in the 100-yard freestyle (43.70) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:56.58).
WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK | JAEL DANKLE | YOUNGSTOWN STATE | SOPHOMORE | SMITHFIELD, PENN.
Jael Dankle had three top 10 finishes to lead the Penguins at the Miami Invitational (Dec. 1-3). She had an impressive second place finish in the 1650 free with a time of 17:22.43. In the 500 free, she finished ninth with a time of 5:02.05 and was 10th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:39.31.
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK | TESS WEISKOPF | YOUNGSTOWN STATE | SENIOR | CLIFTON PARK, NY.
Tess Weiskopf had two top-four finishes at the Miami Invitational (Dec. 1-3). In the one-meter, she was second with a score of 230.80. In the three-meter, she was fourth with a score of 226.70.
2021-22 Nike® #HLSD Men’s Swimmer of the Week
October 13 – Christian Bart, Oakland
October 20 – Aleksa Radenovic, Youngstown State University
October 27 – Marko Khotynetski, Oakland
November 3 – Ben Redman, Green Bay
November 10 – Gavin Webb, Youngstown State University
November 17 – Marko Khotynetski, Oakland
November 24 – Timothy Kubacki, Cleveland State
December 8 – Christian Bart, Oakland
2021-22 Nike® #HLSD Women’s Swimmer of the Week
October 13 – Jordyn Shipps, Oakland
October 20 – Emmaleigh Zietlow, IUPUI
October 27 – Susan LaGrand, Oakland
November 3 – Susan LaGrand, Oakland
November 17 – Susan LaGrand, Oakland
November 24 – Emmaleigh Zietlow, IUPUI
December 8 – Jael Dankle, Youngstown State
2021-22 Nike® #HLSD Men’s Diver of the Week
October 20 – Alex Scott, IUPUI
October 27 – Miles Rohrbaugh, Green Bay
November 3 – Felix Lafortune, UIC
November 10 – Cody Thill, Youngstown State University
November 17 – Scott Scrivano, Oakland
November 24 – Felix Lafortune, UIC
2021-22 Nike® #HLSD Women’s Diver of the Week
October 13 – Ellie Chalifoux, Oakland
October 20 – Sadie Smith, IUPUI
October 27 – Sadie Smith, IUPUI
November 3 – Cydney Liebenberg, UIC
November 10 – Kayla Wrasman, Youngstown State University
November 17 – Ellie Chalifoux, Oakland
November 24 – Cydney Liebenberg, UIC
December 8 – Tess Weiskopf, Youngstown State
