Ramapo’s Wright, MSU’s Smilevski Earn First NJAC Males’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors of 2025-26

PITMAN — The New Jersey Athletic Conference introduced its males’s swimming & diving weekly honors for the week ending Oct. 5.
 

SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
ADAM WRIGHT • Ramapo College
Sophomore • Sandiway, UK/Sir John Deane’s
 
Wright earns the primary NJAC Swimmer of the Week award of the 2025-26 season. He kicked off his sophomore marketing campaign with a dominant exhibiting on the College of Staten Island Kick Off Invite, posting nationwide top-10 occasions. The distance specialist from the UK claimed first place within the 500 free (4:49.35) and 1000 free (9:55.61) whereas including a runner-up end within the 200 butterfly (2:01.85). His 1000 free time at present ranks fourth in NCAA Division III and his 500 free time is sixth in D3 early within the season.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
MAX SMILEVSKI • Montclair State University
Freshman • Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.
 
Smilevski made a formidable collegiate debut on the College of Staten Island Kick-Off Invite, inserting within the prime 4 in all his occasions. The freshman freestyler helped the Red Hawks win the 200 free relay (1:27.23), took second within the 200 free (1:49.05), and added fourth-place finishes in each the 50 free (22.60) and 100 free (49.56). His 100 and 200 free occasions are among the many prime 45 in D3.