ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference announced its swimming & diving weekly honors on Tuesday. 



MEN'S SWIMMER: Owen Hoban, Sophomore, Miami - Stafford, Va.
Owen Hoban had an impressive weekend, posting a first-place finish, three second-place finishes and a sixth place relay finish. Hoban kicked the weekend off Friday, finishing first in the 50-yard freestyle against Northern Kentucky University with a time of 20.91. On Saturday, against the University of Pittsburgh, Hoban finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke, earning a personal best time of 2:01.25, which marked the third-fastest time in The Valley this season. Hoban finished second in the 200-yard butterfly, turning in a season best time of 1:46.01. After that, Hoban finished second in the 200-yard IM posting a time of 1:47.74. Both of Hoban's performances in the 200-yard fly and 200-yard IM marked top times recorded in the Conference this season. Hoban’s relay team finished sixth in the 200-yard medley, where he posted an individual time of 21.04 in the breaststroke leg.

MEN'S DIVER: Alex Kreidler, Sophomore, UMass - Arvada, Colo.
Alex Kreidler collected the gold medal in the one-meter dive with a personal-best score of 353.63, which also marked the third-best score in program history. Kreidler grabbed the silver in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 369.53, which marked a personal-best and the fourth-best score in program history. 

MEN'S FRESHMAN: Eli Rolfsen, Freshman, Miami - Kalamazoo, Mich.
Eli Rolfsen had a dominant weekend in the pool, posting four first-place finishes across two meets. Rolfsen kicked off the weekend Friday against Northern Kentucky University, winning the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:54.44 and the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:42.84. On Saturday, in a dual meet against the University of Pittsburgh, Rolfsen continued his strong performance, winning both the 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 9:10.50 and the 500-yard freestyle with another season-best of 4:24.68. Both of his times in the 500-yard freestyle and 1000-yard freestyle lead the MVC this season.



SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Claire Parsons, Junior, Indiana State - Terre Haute, Ind.
Claire Parsons put together one of her best performances of the season this past weekend in leading the Sycamores against both Vanderbilt and Illinois. Parsons took the wins in the 200-, 500-, and 1000-yard Freestyles in leading Indiana State past the Commodores - just the second time in program history the Sycamores have topped an SEC program. Parsons opened the meet winning the 500-yard Freestyle in 4:55.70, taking the title by four full seconds over Illinois’ Liv Dorshorst in recording the fastest time in the Valley this season. She followed up on the final day of the meet going 10:04.28 to win the 1000-yard Freestyle by 13 seconds over teammate Grace Cummings (10:17.37), before claiming the title in the 200-yard Freestyle in 1:51.88. Parsons’ times came with the Sycamores still not having worn their performance suits yet this season as the junior continues to build momentum this year. She added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard Backstroke.
 
DIVER OF THE WEEK: Jecza Lopez, Junior, Indiana State - Guadalajara, Mexico
Jecza Lopez set a new Indiana State record in the 3M Springboard diving event to claim the title in the double dual meet against Illinois with a score of 315.75. She followed up with a 259.42 in the 1M Springboard to lead the Sycamores in both events.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Megan Stewart, Freshman, Little Rock - Durban, South Africa
Little Rock's Megan Stewart continued to make an impact for the Trojans. She won the 400-yard IM in a league-leading time of 4:21.26 while recording a fifth place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:51.57. Stewart was also a member of the second-place 200-yard medley relay team, finishing the event in 1:41.58.