Chargers’ Sasha Babenko named G-MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 3-10)

Hillsdale College freshman Sasha Babenko is off to a formidable begin in her first season of collegiate swimming, and it is getting seen past the Hillsdale College campus.

Babenko was named the G-MAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week by the convention workplace on Monday after a formidable weekend displaying, her first-ever weekly convention honor.

The freshman received six occasions throughout two double-duals on Friday and Saturday to assist Hillsdale to 4 wins over Albion and Davenport on one evening, and over Aquinas and Indiana Wesleyan the subsequent day. Babenko took first within the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle whereas swimming a leg on the successful 400 freestyle relay on Friday, then earned first-place finishes within the 200 backstroke and 200 particular person medley whereas additionally swimming a leg on the successful 200 medley relay on Saturday.

More spectacular than the slew of first place finishes Babenko has racked up within the first month of her profession is that she’s additionally earned a distinguished spot on Hillsdale’s all-time lists in that point. Her time of two:08.38 within the 200 backstroke is the seventh-fastest time in that occasion in Chargers historical past, and her time of 59.24 within the 100 backstroke additionally ranks tenth all-time for the Chargers, with loads of room to enhance these marks over the remainder of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.

Babenko and the Chargers have an enormous meet this weekend, as Hillsdale travels to Findlay for a double-dual that can give the Chargers their first head-to-head look with the three-time defending G-MAC/MEC Champion Oilers, in addition to Lewis. The meet begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday.