GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Five Grove City College athletes earned Presidents' Athletic Conference weekly honors Tuesday afternoon in recognition of their respective performances last week.
The Grove City swimming and diving teams swept this week's Swimmer/Diver of the Week and Newcomer of the Week honors. Sophomore
Chaeli Keenan (New Alexandria, Pa./Derry) captured Women's Swimmer/Diver of the Week while freshman
Margaret Bandstra (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) earned Newcomer of the Week in women's swimming and diving.
On the men's side, sophomore
George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) earned Swimmer/Diver of the Week and freshman
Carson May (Tallmadge, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls) secured Newcomer of the Week.
Freshman
Josie Jones (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) is this week's Newcomer of the Week in women's cross country.
Keenan won 3-meter diving at the Webster (N.Y.) Fall Classic last Friday evening by posting a score of 263.50 points, defeating a field of nine competitors. She also finished runner-up out of 11 divers in 1-meter diving with 239.00 points.
Bandstra earned second in the 100 breaststroke at Webster, N.Y., with a time of 1 minute, 7.48 seconds, a performance that ranks ninth in program history. She also took third in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:26.91 and fifth in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:19.13. Additionally, Bandstra contributed to a second-place finish in the meet-opening 200 medley relay (1:52.47), helping Grove City finish second in the team standings.
Witte earned two event wins Friday at the Webster Fall Classic. He won the 200 freestyle in 1:45.99 and then posted a winning time of 1:58.87 in the 200 backstroke. He also helped Grove City's 200 medley relay (1:33.95) and 200 free relay (1:26.50) finish second at the meet.
May took runner-up in the 500 free at Webster, N.Y., with a time of 4:57.75. He also placed eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.67) and 100 free (49.48), as Grove City took second in the team standings.
Friday afternoon at the Geneseo State Mike Woods Invitational, Jones earned 28th overall out of 181 runners and second among first-year competitors with a time of 23 minutes, 8.3 seconds for six kilometers. She helped Grove City take fourth in the team standings behind nationally-ranked programs No. 2 New York University, No. 14 Carnegie Mellon and No. 11 Geneseo State.
The Grove City cross country teams return to action Saturday, October 31 at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships in Youngstown. Meanwhile, the Wolverine tankers will open their dual meet schedule Saturday at 4 p.m. with a non-conference clash at John Carroll.
