University of South Dakota athletes swept the weekly honors in a pair of Summit League sports.
South Dakota junior Abby Ripperda and sophomore Merga Gemeda have been named the Summit League Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week.
Both Ripperda and Gemeda clocked the fastest times in the Summit League this fall.
Ripperda garners the weekly honor for the third time this season and in her career. She clocked 16 minutes, 45.5 seconds, to tally the second-fastest 5,000-meter time on the cross country course in Summit League history.
Gemeda receives the weekly honor for the second time this season and of his career. He completed the 8,000-meter course in 25:15.3 for the fastest time in the Summit League this season.
South Dakota senior Sabrina Sabadeanu and junior Haley Pederson have been named Summit League female swimmer and diver of the week.
Sabadeanu won three individual events and Pederson swept the two diving events as the Coyotes opened the women’s swimming and diving season with a dual against Minnesota State.
