INDIANAPOLIS – The combined championship with the Mountain East Conference looms closer as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week honors were announced on Tuesday. 
 
Malone will once against serve as this year’s host for the second annual G-MAC/MEC Championships in Canton at the C.T. Branin Natatorium from Feb. 13-16. 
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Brice Dixon
Malone
Sophomore
Lebanon, OH (Lebanon HS)
 
Dixon helped Malone beat Notre Dame (OH) while competing as a member of four different winning relay teams over a two-day span. 
 
He also won the 100 IM while gearing up for the conference championships. His winning time in the 100 IM was 56.74. 
 
Dixon was a part of the 200 /400-yard medley relay and 200 / 400-yard freestyle relay while also finishing as runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke. 
 
Malone’s men beat NDC by a score of 88-67. This is Dixon’s second career conference weekly honor since winning in November of 2017. 
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Anika Ellingson
Hillsdale
Senior
Litchfield, MN (Litchfield HS)
 
Ellingson is ready to make a splash at the G-MAC/MEC Championships and looking to return to the NCAA Championships to cap off her impressive Hillsdale career. 
 
She continued to tune up for the combined conference meet with a strong showing over the weekend against Ohio Northern and Case Western in a triangular matchup. 
 
Ellingson won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.24 and the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:29.03. 
 
Ellingson finished runner-up in the 200-yard medley relay and placed third in the 200 IM. 
 
This is her second conference weekly honor of the 2018-19 and fourth of her career with the Chargers.