Patriot League Proclaims Swimmers and Divers of the Week (1.13.26)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Army West Point and Boston University every acquired two Patriot League males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving weekly awards when the League workplace introduced the honors on Tuesday. Colgate and Navy break up the remaining honors.
 
For the fourth time this 12 months and eleventh time in his profession, Army West Point sophomore Johnny Crush was honored because the Patriot League Men’s Swimmer of the Week. Crush posted the nation’s high efficiency of the week on SwimCloud for Jan. 8-14, incomes a 911 rating within the 50-yard backstroke.
 
Terriers’ freshman Molly Barber earned Patriot League Women’s Swimmer of the Week, offered by Credit Union 1, after setting pool data within the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles.
 
Boston University junior Zein Mahana was named the Patriot League Men’s Diver of the Week for the third time this season after sweeping the diving occasions towards Colgate and Fairfield.
 
Army West Point junior Marianne Orr was honored because the Patriot League Women’s Diver of the Week, offered by Credit Union 1, after profitable each diving occasions within the Black Knights’ victory over Bucknell.
 
For the third time this season, Navy freshman Chase Maier was chosen because the Patriot League Men’s Rookie of the Week after serving to the Midshipmen to victories over Delaware and Kenyon.
 
Colgate first-year Paige Fisher earned Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week honors, offered by Credit Union 1, after recording three podium finishes within the Raiders’ meet towards Boston University and Fairfield.
 
Honorable mentions went to Army West Point sophomore Jack McDaniel and sophomore Angie McKane Boston University freshman Jinu Hong and freshman Alayna Kennedy, Lehigh junior Kate Whitaker and Navy junior Juan Mora.
 
The Patriot League males’s and ladies’s swimmers and divers of the week had been chosen in a vote by League head coaches, who will not be eligible to vote for his or her student-athletes.
 
Patriot League Men’s Swimmer of the Week
Johnny Crush, Army West Point, So., Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier
*Crush posted the nation’s high efficiency of the week on SwimCloud for Jan. 8-14, incomes a 911 rating following Army West Point’s 191–109 victory over Bucknell on Saturday.
*The sophomore gained the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.59 and swam on the Black Knights’ profitable 200-yard medley relay (1:24.96) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.55).
 
Patriot League Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Molly Barber, Boston University, Fr., Ottawa, Canada/Napean
*Barber set pool data within the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle and anchored a pool file within the 400-yard medley relay to push the Terriers to twin wins over Colgate and Fairfield on Saturday.
*The freshman swam a 23.21 within the 50-yard freestyle and a time of fifty.29 within the 100-yard freestyle, earlier than serving to BU clock a pool-record within the 400-yard medley relay (3:43.81).
 
Patriot League Men’s Diver of the Week
Zein Mahana, Boston University, Jr., Princeton, N.J./Princeton
*Mahana swept the diving occasions on Saturday to assist Boston University earn wins over Colgate and Fairfield.
*The junior earned a NCAA Zone lower within the three-meter board with a season-best rating of 345.20 earlier than including a win within the one meter (286.65).
 
Patriot League Women’s Diver of the Week
Marianne Orr, Army West Point, Jr., Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn
*Orr performed a key position in Army West Points 157-143 victory over Bucknell on Saturday. The junior recorded a pair of first-place finishes within the diving occasions, scoring 244.58 on the one-meter and 247.05 factors on the three-meter board.
*The finishes mark her sixth and seventh high three finishes this season in addition to her first pair of wins within the 2025-26 season.
 
Patriot League Men’s Rookie of the Week
Chase Maier, Navy, Fr., Aurora, Ill./Oswego East
*Maier positioned fourth within the 100-yard freestyle (9:12.95) and second within the 500-yard freestyle (4:22.10) in Navy’s wins over Kenyon (290-63) and Delaware (266-87).
 
Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week
Paige Fisher, Colgate, Fy., West Chester, Pa./B Reed Henderson
*Fisher recorded three podium finishes for Colgate within the Raiders’ meet towards Boston University and Fairfield. The first-year gained the 200-yard breaststroke with a pool file time of two:18.63. She went on to win the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.93) and file a runner-up end within the 100-yard freestyle (52.29).
 
Honorable Mentions
Jack McDaniel, Army West Point, So., Hudson, Ohio/Hudson
*McDaniel helped Army West Point earn a 191-109 victory over Bucknell on Saturday. The sophomore captured first place on the one-meter board with a rating of 307.50 and added a runner-up end on the three-meter board (299.03).
 
Angie McKane, Army West Point, So., Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted-Post
*McKane earned 4 first-place finishes in Army West Point’s 157-143 win over Bucknell on Saturday. The sophomore clocked a 23.37 within the 50-yard freestyle and a 52.58 within the 100-yard butterfly to earn 18 particular person factors.
*In the relays, McKane helped the Black Knights’ to victories within the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.14) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:32.07).
 
Jinu Hong, Boston University, Fr., Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn
*Hong swept the freestyle sprints on Saturday towards Colgate and Fairfield, profitable the 50-yard (20.86) and the 100-yard (45.83) to assist the Terriers declare a pair of twin victories.
*The freshman’s 50-yard time was a season greatest and swam the leadoff on the 200-yard freestyle realay that set a pool file (1:22.20).
 
Alayna Kennedy, Boston University, Fr., Austin, Minn./Austin
*Kennedy gained the one-meter with a rating of 264.50 to assist the Terriers declare twin wins over Colgate and Fairfield on Saturday. The freshman added a runner-up end within the three-meter (239.35).
 
Kate Whitaker, Lehigh, Jr., Westport, Conn./Staples
*Whitaker dominated the diving occasions in Lehigh’s twin meet victory over Marist, profitable each heights. On one meter, she scored 226.13 factors, and on three meters, she totaled 255.90 factors.
 
Juan Mora, Navy, Jr., Folsom, Calif./Mother of Divine Grace
*Mora recorded three first-place finishes in Navy’s 175.5-119.5 victory over Towson. The junior swam on Navy’s profitable 200-yard medley relay and captured particular person wins within the 100-yard breaststroke (55.32) and 100-yard particular person medley (50.46).
*In the Midshipmen’s victories over Kenyon (290-63) and Delaware (266-87), Mora gained the 100-yard breaststroke (52.77) and the 200-yard breast stroke (1:55.03). He additionally swam on the profitable 400-yard medley relay (3:08.41) and 200-yard medley relay (1:25.49).
 
Men’s Swimmer of the Week
10.14 – Johnny Crush, Army West Point, So.
10.21 – Johnny Crush, Army West Point, So.
10.28 – Joe Hayburn, Loyola Maryland, Jr.
11.4 – Joe Hayburn, Loyola Maryland, Jr.
11.11 – Johnny Crush, Army West Point, So.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Brennan Coyle, Loyola Maryland, So.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Ben Irwin, Navy, Jr.
1.13 – Johnny Crush, Army West Point, So.
 
Women’s Swimmer of the Week
10.14 – Molly Webber, Army West Point, Sr.
10.21 – Angie McKane, Army West Point, So.
10.28 – Christine Datovech, Loyola Maryland, So.
11.4 – Molly Webber, Army West Point, Sr.
11.11 – Molly Webber, Army West Point, Sr.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Haley Newman, Boston University, Sr.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Molly Webber, Army West Point, Sr.
1.13 – Molly Barber, Boston University, Fr.
 
Men’s Diver of the Week
10.14 – Ethan Wong, Boston University, Fr.
10.21 – Anthony Sciulli, Navy, Sr.
10.28 – Landon Orth, Lafayette, Jr.
11.4 – Zein Mahana, Boston University, Jr.
11.11 – Jack McDaniel, Army West Point, So.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Zein Mahana, Boston University, Jr.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Anthony Sciulli, Navy, Sr.
1.13 – Zein Mahana, Boston University, Jr.
 
Women’s Diver of the Week
10.14 – Alayna Kennedy, Boston University, Fr.
10.21 – Mackenzie Kim, Navy, Sr.
10.28 – Brenna Short, Holy Cross, So.
11.4 – Hadley Futch, Army West Point, Fr.
11.11 – Mackenzie Kim, Navy, Sr.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Mackenzie Kim, Navy, Sr.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Mackenzie Kim, Navy, Sr.
1.13 – Marianne Orr, Army West Point, Jr.
 
Men’s Rookie of the Week
10.14 – Chase Maier, Navy, Fr.
10.21 – Nathan Lee, Boston University, Fr.
10.28 – Cody Miles, Loyola Maryland, Fr.
11.4 – Chase Maier, Navy, Fr.
11.11 – Ethan Zhou, Boston University, Fr.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Drew Davis, Bucknell, Fr.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Xavier Sohovich, Navy, Fr.
1.13 – Chase Maier, Navy, Fr.
 
Women’s Rookie of the Week
10.14 – Kiki Rampersad, Boston University, Fr.
10.21 – Molly Barber, Boston University, Fr.
10.28 – Megan Donavan, Loyola Maryland, Fr.
11.4 – Kiki Rampersad, Boston University, Fr.
11.11 – Danka Ndubuisi, Boston University, Fr.
11.18 – No Award
11.25 – Molly Barber, Boston University, Fr.
12.2 – No Award
12.9 – Eliza Johnson, Lehigh, Fy.
1.13 – Paige Fisher, Colgate, Fy.
 
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