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.

Wheeling’s Emanuele Lugo is the MEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while Fairmont State’s Viktoriia Dranytska is the MEC Women’s Swimmer of the Week. 

Lugo, a redshirt freshman from Bresso, Italy, led Wheeling to a strong opening weekend at the Salem Relay Invitational in Salem, West Virginia on Sept. 26. Lugo was part of the team's 400 medley relay, 300 relay, and 400 yard freestyle relay teams, helping the Cardinals to two first place finishes and a fifth place finish. His top time came in the breaststroke leg of the 400 medley relay, clocking a 55.24 finish.

Dranytska, a freshman from Lutsk, Ukraine, aided in Fairmont State’s three winning relays at the MEC Relay Meet in Bridgeport, W. Va. on Sept. 26. The freshman had a split of 52.76 in the 500 freestyle relay, a 24.11 split in the 200 freestyle relay and a 54.02 split in the 400 freestyle relay. 

2026 MEC MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

9/28: Emanuele Lugo, Wheeling 

2026 MEC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

9/28: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State