Dragon of the Week: Andreopoulos and Mcgurk

PHILADELPHIA – Theo Andreopoulos and Laine McGurk named the Drexel Dragons of the Week, introduced by Rothman Orthopaedics, for the week of February twenty fourth–March 2nd.

Theo Andreopoulos, a member of the lads’s swimming and diving crew, was named CAA Swimmer of the Meet as Drexel positioned third total with 667.5 factors on the 2026 CAA Championships. The senior captured gold within the 200 backstroke with a school-record and NCAA An ordinary time of 1:42.00 to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. The Thermi, Greece native additionally earned gold within the 50 free and 100 again whereas contributing to 4 first-place relay performances, together with the 400 free relay that set a CAA All-Time and CAA Meet document.

Laine McGurk, a member of the ladies’s basketball crew, helped Drexel lengthen its profitable stretch with two victories on the Daskalakis Athletic Center. The junior scored 26 factors in a win over Northeastern, marking her highest scoring efficiency contained in the DAC and second highest of her profession. She adopted with 18 factors, six rebounds and three steals in Drexel’s 65-63 time beyond regulation victory in opposition to North Carolina A&T, scoring 14 of her factors within the second half because the Dragons improved to 19-8 total and 11-4 in convention play.