Missouri S&T senior Aljaz Kerc and William Jewell College senior Maggie Metz have been named the PNC Great Lakes Valley Conference Athletes of the Week in the sports of men’s and women’s swimming and diving, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Kerc registered seven NCAA “B” Cuts this past week at the Incarnate Word Christmas Invitational in San Antonio, Texas. He hit the standards in the 200 (1:50.51) and 400-yard Individual Medley Relays (3:59.37), 100 (55.48) and 200 (2:01.43) Breaststrokes, and the 200 (1:22.99), 400 (3:02.83) and 800 (6:44.64) Freestyle Relays. All of his times rank among the top four in the GLVC this season.
?The native of Ljubljana, Slovenia earns his second career weekly award as he was also recognized on Oct. 8, 2013 as the first-ever GLVC men’s honoree. He is the first Miner to be recognized since Jon Glaser was recognized by the conference on Dec. 20, 2013.