Swimming Snags Pair of Weekly Awards

Indianapolis, Ind. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference introduced that males’s swimmer Juan Jose Castro (Cali, Colombia/Corporacion Cultural Colegio Aleman) takes the title of the GLVC swimmer of the week in addition to Amelia Marsicek (Centennial, Colo./Regis Jesuit) claiming the title for the GLVC on the ladies’s aspect for his or her standout performances within the twin meet towards Findlay and Hillsdale.

Juan Jose Castro (Cali, Colombia/Corporacion Cultural Colegio Aleman) put collectively a dominant displaying on the lads’s aspect, highlighted by a 1st place end within the 1000 Free with a time of 9:30.56. He added a powerful third place end within the 100 Free (47.97)and competed within the 50 Fly, clocking 24.71 for seventh place. Juan closed out his meet by anchoring the 200 Free Relay with a 21.05 cut up, serving to the Flyers to a aggressive end within the occasion.

The final males’s Flyer to earn swimmer of the week was Jordan Yip in November of 2023.

On the ladies’s aspect, Amelia Marsicek (Centennial, Colo./Regis Jesuit) delivered a constant and impactful efficiency throughout a number of occasions. She earned third place in each the 50 Back (28.22) and 100 Back (1:00.26), displaying her power within the stroke all through the meet. Amelia additionally led off the 400 Medley relay with a powerful 1:00.01, securing a 4th place general end for the staff, and rounding out the meet with a 2:18.03 end within the 200 IM.

The final ladies’s Flyer to win Swimmer of the week was Luna Schafer (Playa Del Carmen, Mexico/The Trents) earlier this season.

The Flyers as a staff are again in motion from Nov. 20-22 on the IU Indy House of Champions Meet in Indianapolis, Ind. 

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