CHICAGO – The College Athletic Affiliation (UAA) chosen 4 College of Chicago student-athletes because the convention’s Athletes of the Week on Monday.
Jesse Ssengonzi’s record-breaking performances on the UAA Championships have been acknowledged with the weekly award in males’s swimming. The Maroon junior set two new UAA data within the 100-yard butterfly (46.85) and 200-yard butterfly (1:45.32). He was additionally a part of the profitable 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard medley relay. Ssengonzi capped his weekend by receiving the UAA Males’s Swimmer of the 12 months award.
Veronica Fong claimed her fifth Athlete of the Week of the season in ladies’s diving. On the UAA Championships, Fong gained the league title within the three-meter dive (498.70 factors) by a margin of 64 factors. She additionally took runner-up within the one-meter dive (451.45 factors). The UChicago rookie was voted because the UAA Ladies’s Diver of the 12 months.
Darian Estevez was the league’s weekly honoree in wrestling. The Maroon sophomore gained each of his matches on the UAA Championships to safe the 165-pound title. He pinned his Case Western Reserve College within the third interval and adopted up with a clutch 2-1 victory over New York College. Estevez was named the UAA Most Excellent Wrestler on the conclusion of the meet. He improved his season report to 14-3.
First-year Simon Dixon picked up his second UAA Males’s Area Athlete of the Week this yr. At North Central School’s Pat Heenan Invitational, Dixon was victorious within the shot put and weight throw. His high shot put of the meet (16.36 meters) would rank sixth nationally. Dixon’s profitable weight throw traveled 15.45 meters. He at the moment stands third in all of NCAA Division III within the shot put at 16.78 meters.
