MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) women's 200-yard medley relay team of seniors Kaleigh Morton (Milford, Mass.) and Anna St. Jean (Alexandria, Va.) and first years Maya Moores (Gorham, Maine) and Saturn Cogan (Saratoga, N.Y.) was named the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Women's Swimming Co-Relay of the Week for the week of October 26 to November 1, it was announced by the NEWMAC.
The Lyons share the award with Babson College's relay.
The honor gives Wheaton five weekly accolades this season with sophomore Lauren Bullins (Lenexa, Kan.) being tabbed the weekly Swimmer of the Week this week. St. Jean garnered the Swimmer of the Week award last week and joined Bullins, sophomore Amani Sodhi (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and first year Lauren Holmes (East Longmeadow, Mass.) on the Relay of the Week. Sophomore Ella Kent (Framingham, Mass.) received NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Week honors last week as well.
The Lyons opened their meet against visiting Bridgewater State University with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, behind Morton in the backstroke, Moores in the breaststroke, Cogan in the butterfly and St. Jean's freestyle anchor for a combined time of 1:58.33 to win the race by more than four seconds.
Wheaton is currently 1-2 on the season and returns to the pool on Saturday, November 7 when its hosts Springfield College and United States Coast Guard Academy for a double-dual meet at 11:00 a.m. at Balfour Natatorium.