INDIANAPOLIS – Tiffin and Hillsdale secured Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week honors as announced on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Miguel Arroyo Garcia
Tiffin
Freshman
Seville, Spain (IES Juan de Mairena)
 
The Dragons roster is slowly growing under first-year head coach Lukas Jachno, but with senior Jonah Sumfleth and now Garcia receiving weekly conference honors, the quality is there for an emerging program.
 
Garcia had a strong showing at the Malone Invitational, scoring three of the best season times for the Great Midwest/Mountain East in different events.
 
He was also very close to the NCAA “B” standard in the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM.
 
Garcia was second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.24. He won the 200-yard butterfly with a Malone Invitational meet record of 1:55.23 with 10 other swimmers in the field.
 
Garcia also touched the wall in second in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:55.20. In both the 100-yard butterfly and 200 IM, he was second only to a Division I Kent State swimmer.
 
He was also part of a runner-up unit in the 200-yard medley relay with Sumfleth, Aubin Dulin and Christopher Hohenfeld. He also swam as part of a third-place group in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Anika Ellingson
Hillsdale
Senior
Litchfield, MN (Litchfield HS)
 
The Chargers senior captain placed inside the top eight at the inaugural Great Midwest/Mountain East Championships and is aiming to return to the NCAA meet for the third time in her career.
 
Ellingson became just the second Great Midwest swimmer to hit a “B” standard this year, joining Findlay freshman Kendra Polewski in elite company.
 
Ellingson hit the mark at the University of Chicago-hosted Phoenix Fall Classic with 11 teams swimming during one of HC’s largest meets of the year.
 
Ellingson’s signature event is the breaststroke and she won with a time of 1:04.10, tops in the conference this season and 12th-best time in the nation according toe the USA Swimming report.
 
Ellingson also was runner-up in the 200-meter distance of the breaststroke with a time of 2:22.13.