BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - The Mountain East Conference announced Monday the winners of this week’s Swimmer of the Week awards. The weekly awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
Frostburg State student-athletes Dylan King and Genna Rippeon are the MEC Men’s and Women’s Swimmers of the Week.
 
Rippeon, a sophomore from Ellicott City, Maryland, had five total wins at the Wooster Invitational. She took individual wins in the 500-yard free (5:04.28), 400 IM (4:33.61), and the 1,650 free (17:35.47). Rippeon was also a member of the winning 400 free (3:36.84) and 800 free (7:55.55) relays.
 
King, a junior from Harrisonburg, Virginia, had six top five finishes at the Wooster Invitational. King secured first place in the 100-yard fly with a new program record of 49.38. He finished second in the 200 fly (1:56.39) and third in the 200 IM (1:54.73). He was also a member of two fourth-place relays in the 400 free (3:11.75) and the 400 medley (3:30.58) and a fifth-place relay in the 800 free (7:20.33).
 
2025 MEC MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/29: Leonardo Oshiro, Davis & Elkins
10/6: Segmen Duygun, Wheeling
10/13: Felix Norlin, Wheeling
10/20: Vlad Fedoseev, Fairmont State
10/27: Sean Filipovits, Frostburg State
11/3: Payton Williamson, Davis & Elkins
11/10: Leonardo Coelho, Davis & Elkins
11/17: Felix Norlin, Wheeling
11/24: Jan Spehar, Davis & Elkins
12/1: No Players of the Week
12/8: Dylan King, Frostburg State
 
2025 MEC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/29: Lauren Lockwood, Davis & Elkins
10/6: Delaney Householder, Fairmont State
10/13: Jenna Handwerger, Frostburg State
10/20: Genna Rippeon, Frostburg State
10/27: Julianne Hobson, Davis & Elkins
11/3: Delaney Householder, Fairmont State
11/10: Savannah Foley, Davis & Elkins
11/17: Niki Chrysafi, Wheeling
11/24: Delaney Householder, Fairmont State
12/1: No Players of the Week
12/8: Genna Rippeon, Frostburg State