Akerfelds, Garr, Garcia Collect Weekly Awards

Worcester, Mass. - Three members of the Clark swimming and diving program have earned weekly awards it was announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

Senior Dana Akerfelds (Bronxville, N.Y.) was named NEWMAC Women's Swimmer of the Week after helping the Cougars knock off cross-town rival WPI. Against the Engineers she claimed the 200 IM (2:18.86) and the 100 Backstroke (1:02.12) and was a member of the first-place 200 Medley Relay squad (1:59.22).

Then at the Wheaton Invite, she finished first in the 200 Backstroke (2:13.35) and second in the 200 IM (2:19.46).

Sophomore Ryan Garr (Kingston, R.I.) was named NEWMAC Men's Swimmer of the Week for the third time this season following a week in that started off with a pair of individual wins over WPI in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.19) and 100-yard backstroke (53.58) and also a victory in the 200-yard Medley Relay (1:41.93).

Then in the Wheaton Invite, he captured first-place in both the 100-yard backstroke (53.68) and 200-yard backstroke (1:54.93).

Eileen Garcia (New York, N.Y.), meanwhile, snatched her sixth NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Week award this season after sweeping both the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the Cougars' dual meet with WPI in her lone action of the week.

On the 1-meter board, she registered a 295.95 and then on the three-meter, she turned in a 324.60.

She has now been named the women's diver of the week for three straight weeks.

The Clark women return to action in two weeks at the conference championships hosted by Wellesley, while the men will have three weeks rest before returning to the very same pool for the NEWMAC Championships.