GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Three Grove City College swimmers earned Presidents' Athletic Conference weekly honors Tuesday afternoon in recognition of their respective performances last Saturday at the Geneseo State Quad Meet in Webster, N.Y.
Grove City swept the women's awards for the week. Sophomore
Hadleigh McNay (Tucker, Ga./Tucker) won Swimmer of the Week while Newcomer of the Week honors went to freshman
Mollie Massella (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock).
Freshman
George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) earned Newcomer of the Week in men's swimming and diving.
McNay won the 100 breaststroke Saturday with a time of 1 minute, 9.86 seconds. She also placed third in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.38) and helped the 200 medley relay finish third with a time of 1:52.59. All three times are the fastest in the conference so far this season.
Massella won the 200 butterfly Saturday at Geneseo with a time of 2:11.55. That time ranks ninth in program history. She also finished second in the 100 butterfly (1:01.29) and joined McNay on the 200 medley relay (1:52.59). Massella's butterfly times are both tops in the conference.
Witte made his collegiate debut by finishing second in the 200 free (1:48.42) at the Geneseo Quad Meet. That time ranks first so far in the conference this season. He finished sixth in the 100 free (48.61) and seventh in the 100 butterfly (54.64), while helping the 200 medley relay finish second with a time of 1:34.57.
Both teams went 2-1 at the meet, earning wins over Brockport State and Penn State Behrend.Â
Grove City's first dual meet will be this Saturday, when the Wolverines visit Division II Ashland at 1 p.m.