FAIRMONT, 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’s Dylan King is the MEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while Fairmont State’s Viktoriia Dranytska is the MEC Women’s Swimmer of the Week.

King, a senior from Harrisonburg, Va., helped lead Frostburg State to a 107-98 win over Davis & Elkins on Oct. 17. King earned two relay victories, in the Bobcats’ 200-meter relay and 200-meter free relay. Additionally, he took first place in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 57.37 which set a new program record. 

Dranytska, a freshman from Lutsk, Ukraine, won the 200-meter and 500-meter freestyle at a split meet with Shippensburg and California (Pa.) on Oct. 16. in a season and MEC best times of 1:56.12 and 5:19.93, respectively. The freshman leads the MEC in four events, including the 50, 100, 200, and 500 freestyle events.

2026 MEC MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/28: Emanuele Lugo, Wheeling 
10/5: Dylan Tomas, Fairmont State
10/12: Kikola Zhekov, Wheeling
10/19: Dylan King, Frostburg State 

2026 MEC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/28: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State
10/5: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State 
10/12: Jayme Meadows, Frostburg State
10/19: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State