ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State's
Jecza Lopez and
Grace Cummings were among the Missouri Valley Conference's weekly women's swimming and diving award winners as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon.
Lopez claimed the conference's weekly diving honors for the fourth time in the 2025-26 season, while Cummings becomes the first Sycamore to receive Freshman of the Week recognition this year.
Lopez won the 1M Springboard diving event at the Miami Invite and finished fourth in the 3M Springboard to highlight the Sycamores' diving efforts over the weekend. The Guadalajara, Mexico native posted the second-highest scores in the 3M Springboard qualifiers with a 299.10, before finishing fourth in the finals in 253.50. She followed up by topping the field in the 1M Springboard with a score of 287.40 after leading the qualifiers with a six-dive score of 275.80.
Cummings set an Indiana State record and became the first Sycamore to record a time under the new NCAA cut line after winning the 1650-yard Freestyle event with a time of 16:23.09 at the Miami Invite. Her time shattered the previous Sycamore record by nearly eight seconds as she topped teammate
Claire Parsons by 11 seconds in the event finals.
Cummings finished third overall in the 500-yard Freestyle after going 4:49.66 and served as the lead anchor in the Sycamores' top 800-yard Freestyle Relay team.
Indiana State Swimming & Diving 2025-26 Valley Athletes of the Week
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Indiana State swimming and diving returns to the Vigo County Aquatic Center on Saturday, December 6, as the Sycamores host Toledo for Senior Day. Events are scheduled to start at 2 p.m.
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