MARLBOROUGH - After convincing wins in the first meet of the season, the Smith College swimming & diving team earned a trio of awards in the second week of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) weekly honors of the season on Monday morning. 

Emma Schultz (Hyattsville, MD/Elizabeth Seton) was named NEWMAC Women's Swimmer of the Week, and the quartet of Jessie Wang (Princeton, NJ/Princeton), Phoebe Ballek (Allentown, PA/Salisbury), Madeleine Lucas (Salem, MA/Salem), and Maddie Milla (Nyack, NY/Nyack) collected NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week honors. Additionally, Miranda Strunk (Lowell, MA/Lowell) earned NEWMAC Diver of the Week recognition.

Schultz picked up four victories (medley relay and three individual events) in the season opener.  She placed first in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.26), 200 breaststroke (2:33.86), and 200 IM (2:16.45) as the Bears start the season 3-0. 

Strunk won the 3-meter with 231.75 points and placed second on the 1-meter (222.70) at Union, while the 200 free relay team won by two seconds in 1:46.02. 

Up Next
The Bears resume competition on October 30 with an annual multi-team meet at WPI that includes Brandeis, Coast Guard, and Babson.

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