DUBUQUE, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) on Monday afternoon released the weekly conference athletes of the week. Three University of Dubuque student-athletes collected honors this week as Dede Davis earned women's cross country athlete of the week, while Taylor Bechen and Delainey Winkel swept the volleyball athlete of the week honors for the second time this season.

Davis (Henderson, Texas / Mount Enterprise HS) competed at the Running of the Cows pre-nationals meet over the weekend in Northfield, Minnesota. Davis competed in the Navy Championship 6,000-meter race, running a time of 22:04.2. The senior runner finished in 22nd place out of a stacked field of 324 runners. Davis set a new personal best time in the race and beat her previous best by 25 seconds. This is Davis's first cross country athlete of the week honor of her career.

Bechen (Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny Centennial HS) helped the Spartans to a 3-1 week, with their lone loss coming to the No. 1 team in the country (UW-Oshkosh). Bechen had 99 total digs (6.19 d/s) and had a season-high 39 digs in the five-set win over (RV) Edgewood University. The senior continues to add to her Division III leading digs total of 485.

Winkel (Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny Centennial HS) alongside Bechen was dominant yet again this past week for the Spartans. She finished the week with 70 total kills (4.38 k/s) and had a hitting percentage of .256 through four games. In the win over UW-La Crosse, Winkel had her best attacking percentage game of the season, hitting .433 while not recording a single error in the win.

This is the second week this season that both Bechen and Winkel have swept the volleyball conference athletes of the week. Bechen has now earned three honors this season, while Winkel has collected two honors.