NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Massachusetts’ Oliver Wyeth was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week while Richmond’s Irina Chiulli and Davidson’s Elise Lankiewicz were named the Women’s Co-Performers for the week. Also honored was George Mason freshman Attila Kiss, who was named the Men’s Rookie of the Week and Fordham freshman Chloe Mitchell who was named the Women’s Rookie of the Week. The awards were based off performances from meets held Oct. 16-23.
Wyeth won three individual events helping the Minutemen pick up a 165-135 win over Boston University. The junior from Wellington, New Zealand, won the 1,000 free (9:37.57), the 100 back (50.65), and the 200 back (1:51.87). He also swam on the third-place 200 free relay team as the third leg.
With just two meets complete on the young season, Irina Chiulli has already posted NCAA Zone qualifying marks in both the 3M and 1M boards, as the senior won 3M and 1M events on both days of the Richmond Duals. On Friday, she scored a 268.05 on the 1M spring board, qualifying for NCAA Zones. The Westwood, Mass. native followed that up by registering a score of 295.80 on the 3M board on Saturday to qualify in that event as well.
Lankiewicz dominated in the water this past weekend, totaling seven firsts (six individual, one relay) and one second place in a relay at the Richmond Duals, where she faced off against league teams, George Mason, Duquesne, and Richmond. The two-time Atlantic 10 Performer of the Year not only recorded the top times in the 100 (52.47), 200(1:50.66), and 500 (5:03.41) freestyle events on Friday, but she returned to the pool Saturday to sweep the 200(1:50.68) and 500 (4:58.68) free and the 200 fly (2:05.14) events. The Wilmington, Del., native also finished first in the 400 free relay (3:31.24) on Friday, and finished second in the 200 free relay (1:36.68) missing first by a mere three tenths. Lankiewicz has yet to lose an individual event this season, owning the top times in the Atlantic 10 in both the 200 and 500 freestyle and the second-best in the 100 free and fourth-best in the 200 fly.
Kiss won the 1,650 free (15:57.91) on Day One of the Richmond Duals to help the Patriots take the lead over Davidson in the two-day meet. The freshman from Miskolc, Hungary, finished first in the 500 free (4:37.68) on Day Two of the Richmond Duals with Mason earning a win over Davidson in the meet.
In her first collegiate meet against Marist, Mitchell won the 1000 free in 10:36.07, while taking third in the 500 freein 5:14.90. The swimmer from Sacramento, Calif., was also a member of the winning 400 free relay with a time of 3:38.30.