Topolewski, Sens and Stratton Pick Up A-10 Weekly Honors
1/14/2025 3:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Each now have multiple A-10 weekly honors this season
WASHINGTON - The Atlantic 10 announced on Tuesday that GW's Ava Topolewski has been selected as the conference's women's Performer of the Week, while rookies Natalie Sens and Shae Stratton were selected as the women's and men's Rookie of the Week, respectively. It's the third Performer of the Week selection this season for Topolewski, and the second Rookie of the Week selection for both Sens and Stratton.Â
Topolewski earned the conference honor after winning the 500-yard freestyle and the 1000-yard freestyle in GW's tri-meet against Pitt and West Virginia. Topolewski owns the fastest times in each event in the A-10 this season, (500-yard free: 4:47.63; 1000-yard free: 9:57.43), and submitted competitive times in each event (500-yard free: 4:48.91; 1000-yard free: 9:58.30) in her tri-meet victories.
Sens, swimming in her home city of Pittsburgh, earned a pair of top-six finishes vs. the "Power 4" programs, which included a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.19) and a sixth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (24.03). The rookie ranks highly in the A-10 in both events midway through the 2024-25 season, ranking third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.25) and sixth in the conference in the 50-yard free (23.26).
Stratton earned men's Rookie of the Week with two event finishes in the top-six. The Boise, Idaho native claimed second place in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.18), while also taking sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (49.32). Stratton ranks in the top-10 in the conference in both events part-way through his rookie year, ranking fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.18) and tenth in the 100-yard backstroke (49.06).
Topolewski, Sens, Stratton and the rest of the Revolutionaries are back in the pool this weekend to face District-foe Georgetown at McCarthy Pool at 11 a.m.Â
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