FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Mountain East Conference announced Monday the winners of this week's Swimmer of the Week awards. The weekly awards are presented by The Health Plan.

Fairmont State's Dylan Tomas is the MEC Men's Swimmer of the Week, while teammate Viktoriia Dranytska is the MEC Women's Swimmer of the Week. 

Tomas, a freshman from Jacksonville, Florida tied for the individual high point scorer at the WV Small College State Games in Bridgeport, West Virginia on Oct. 4. The freshman finished with two gold medals, as he won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.83 and the 200-yard medley relay with a 1:37.56 finish. Additionally, he took second place in both the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke.

Dranytska, a freshman from Lutsk, Ukraine repeats as the conference women's swimmer of the week after finishing as the individual high point scorer at the Small State Games. The freshman earned a first place finish in all of her individual events, including the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle. Additionally, she anchored the winning 200-freestyle relay with the fastest split in the field at 24.27. Dranytska is ranked first in the conference in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.

2026 MEC MEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/28: Emanuele Lugo, Wheeling 
10/5: Dylan Tomas, Fairmont State 

2026 MEC WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
9/28: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State
10/5: Viktoriia Dranytska, Fairmont State