GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Three Grove City College swimmers earned Presidents' Athletic Conference weekly honors Monday afternoon in recognition of their respective accomplishments last Friday night in the Wolverines' conference openers at Saint Vincent.

The men's swimming and diving team swept this week's awards as sophomore George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) captured Swimmer of the Week while Newcomer of the Week went to freshman Charlie Thomson (Greensburg, Pa./Latrobe). 

Freshman Margaret Bandstra (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) earned Women's Swimmer of the Week.

Witte and Thomson helped Grove City to a 180-82 win last Friday night in Latrobe. Witte swept the three sprint events and also contributed to a win in the 200 free relay. He took first in the 50 free with a time of 21.83 seconds, then won the 100 free in a time of 48.81 seconds. Witte also posted a victorious time of 1:47.00 in the 200 free. He swam the anchor leg on the 200 free relay that recorded a time of 1:26.10.

Thomson joined Witte on the winning 200 free relay and also contributed to Grove City's victory in the 200 medley relay (1:34.91). He also took second in the 100 butterfly (53.52) and third in the 50 free (22.31).

Bandstra swept the breaststroke Friday night in Grove City's 188-92 victory at Saint Vincent. She won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.55 and then took the 200 in a winning time of 2:26.58. Bandstra also helped the 200 medley relay win in 1:52.27 and she finished second in the 200 individual medley (2:18.86).

Grove City returns to action Friday evening with a 6 p.m. conference double dual meet at Chatham. Bethany will also compete in the event.