University of Missouri-St. Louis freshman Diogo Dias and William Jewell College freshman Madeline Allen have been named the PNC Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Athletes of the Week in the sports of men's and women's swimming and diving, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
In just his third collegiate meet, Dias broke an UMSL school record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:53.71. He also touched first in the 100 back (49.74), 100 butterfly (49.93) and 200 medley relay with a fly split of 22.18. The freshman helped his team to a dual meet victory over Lincoln College, 837.5 to 431.5.
This is the first career weekly award for the Santos, Brazil, native and the first for a male Triton since Felix Kusnierz earned the honor at the end of last season on January 20, 2015.