The following is a press release courtesy of the Atlantic-10:
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— La Salle’s Mattias Glenesk and St. Bonaventure’s Tanja Kirmse were named the Atlantic 10 Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week, respectively, the league announced on Tuesday. Also honored were Massachusetts’ Trent Kindvall, who was named the Men’s Rookie of the Week, and Emma Roush, the Women’s Rookie of the Week. Awards were based off meet performances from Oct. 27 – Nov. 2.
Glenesk, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, finished first in the 1,650-yd freestyle with a time 15:57.84 to finish more than 30 seconds ahead of the next fastest finisher against St. Bonaventure this past weekend. Glenesk also recorded a victory in the 500-yd freestyle with a time of 4:37.51.
Tanja, a sophomore from Burghausen, Germany recorded three victories in a tri-meet against Duquesne and La Salle. She picked up victories in the 200-yd freestyle (1:45.59), the 200-yd butterfly (2:06.99) and the 500-yd freestyle (5:01.92).
Kindvall, a freshman from Westminster, Colo., earned his third consecutive A-10 weekly honor after winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events against Binghamton this past weekend. Kindvall recorded a career-high score on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 288.53 and the 3-meter springboard with a score of 303.75. Through three meets this season, he has four first-place finishes and two second-place performances
Roush, a freshman from Overland Park, Kan., posted her highest scores of the season in both the 1-meter (252.23) and 3-meter (247.80) dives. She picked up the victory in the 1-meter and runner-up in the 3-meter.
