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.

Fairmont State’s Elias Maurer is the MEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while fellow Fighting Falcon Maitlyn Miller is the MEC Women’s Swimmer of the Week.

Maurer, a junior from Puettlingen, Germany, led Fairmont State to a 136-39 home win over West Virginia Wesleyan on Nov. 6. Maurer had two individual wins in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle with times of 1:48.13 and 48.44, respectively. He anchored the Falcon’s 200-yard freestyle relay in 22.30. 

Miller, a sophomore from Moundsville, West Virginia, aided in the Fighting Falcons 133-30 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan on Friday. She anchored the winning 200-yard medley while winning the 200-yard freestyle. Additionally, Miller led off a Mahaney Natatorium and program record-setting 200 freestyle relay. The time of 1:37.18 bettered the school record by 1.33 seconds and the pool record by 2.06 seconds. The relay time is best in the Mountain East Conference by over five seconds and jumped to twenty-first in NCAA Division II.

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 
10/26: Payton Williamson, Davis & Elkins
11/2: Leonardo Oshiro, Davis & Elkins 
11/9: Elias Maurer, Fairmont 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 
10/26: Lauren Lockwood, Davis & Elkins
11/2: Lauren Lockwood, Davis & Elkins
11/9: Maitlyn Miller, Fairmont State