LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Men’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week for the week ending, January 28
th, with St. Mary’s Luke Schwenk taking his seventh honor of the season.
Athlete of the Week:
Name: Luke Schwenk
School: St. Mary’s
Class: Junior
Hometown: Annapolis, Md.
High School: Broadneck
Brief Outlook of Week: Schwenk was the Seahawk leader with two individual wins on the afternoon. Schwenk started with a win in the 50 SC meter freestyle in 23.55 before capturing the 100 SC freestyle in 52.66. The Seahawks notched two wins to end the regular season - 117-70 over William Peace and 121-82 over host Hampden-Sydney.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Antonio Antonelli (Fy., Immaculata): Antonelli finished second in the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 57.04, and set a personal best in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.35, and was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that finished third with time of 1:52.09 and of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished third with a time of 1:37.73 in Immaculata's tri-meet with Arcadia and Cabrini.
Matt Seifried (Sr., Cabrini): Seifried picked up two individual wins and a second-place finish in Cabrini's home tri-meet against Arcadia and Immaculata. In a six-swimmer field for each event, the Cavalier Senior touched the wall first in the 200-yd Freestyle (1:50.92) and the 100-yd Butterfly (55.62). Seifried nearly broke 50 seconds in his second place 100-yd Freestyle finish (50.09) and swam the Butterfly leg of Cabrini's second place 200-yd Medley Relay.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
Oct. 16, 2023 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s
Oct. 23, 2023 - Patrick Marbaker, Marywood
Oct. 30, 2023 - Ryan Faherty, Marymount
Nov. 6, 2023 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s
Nov. 13, 2023 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s
Nov. 20, 2023 – Michael Gray, Cabrini
Dec. 4, 2023 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s
Jan. 16, 2024 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s
Jan. 22, 2024 – Luke Schwenk, St. Mary’s