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INDIANAPOLIS – Drury University completed its wire-to-wire dominance Saturday to earn its third consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship and fifth in six years at the Crawfordsville Aquatics Center in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
The Panthers scored a GLVC-record 1,012 points for the win, which beats their previous league mark of 1,011 points, set in the inaugural GLVC Championship in 2014. The University of Indianapolis garnered runner-up accolades with 784.5 points, while Truman State University (456), McKendree University (439.5) and Bellarmine University (373) finished in the top five. Lewis University (250), University of Missouri-St. Louis (220), William Jewell College (219) and Maryville University (108) closed out the nine-team field.
At the conclusion of the meet, Drury junior Bailee Nunn was named the GLVC Swimmer of the Year, while teammate Tori Sopp was recognized as GLVC Freshman of the Year by the league coaches, who also named Brian Reynolds as GLVC Coach of the Year. UIndy’s Cassnadra Kury earned GLVC Diver of the Year honors following her wins on the 1- and 3-meter boards on Thursday and Friday.
The league coaches also selected McKendree as the recipient of the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award in women’s swimming and diving, while nine student-athletes were named GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honorees for having best displayed good sportsmanship throughout the year.
2019 GLVC Women’s Swimming & Diving Major Postseason Awards
GLVC Champion: Drury
GLVC Swimmer of the Year: Bailee Nunn, DU
GLVC Diver of the Year: Cassandra Kury, UINDY
GLVC Freshman of the Year: Tori Sopp, DU
GLVC Coach of the Year: Brian Reynolds, DU
GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award
McKendree
GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Kandis Arlinghaus, BU
Madaline Nelson, DU
Jazzi Kitt, UINDY
Hannah Zuercher, LEWIS
Hannah Schrag, MU
Hallie Dixon, MCK
Emma Stevenson, UMSL
Shannon Dague, TSU
Jacqueline Leonard, WJC