The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Swimmers of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Swimmers of the Week for meets competed in during the third week of the 2023-24 season. Mars Hill swept the awards as Maria Jose Orozco was named the Women's Swimmer of the Week and Andres Bodington was named the Men's Swimmer of the Week.

Jose Orozco, a freshman from California Hot Springs, Colombia, collected five first place finishes over the two home meets on the weekend. On Friday versus Lenoir-Rhyne, she won the 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:16.18 and swam the fly leg of the winning 200 Medley Relay, splitting a 26.85. In Saturday's contest against Emory & Henry, she won the 50 Freestyle (25.28) and 100 Butterfly (1:00.60) and led off the 200 Freestyle Relay in 25.73.

Bodington, a freshman from Caracas, Venezuela, recorded five victories for the Lions across the two home contests this weekend. He started the weekend off with wins in the 200 Butterfly (1:59.11), 500 Freestyle (4:47.49), and the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:09.47) versus Lenoir-Rhyne. In Saturday's meet versus Emory & Henry, Bodington won the 1650 Freestyle (16:55.53) and the 100 Butterfly (53.76). Additionally, his times in the 1650 and 500 Free qualified him for the CSCAA Open Water Championships.

2023 SAC Swimmers of the Week

Women
Oct. 11 – Natalia Dwojak, Wingate
Oct. 18 – Marit Reckmann, Catawba
Oct. 25 – Maria Jose Orozco, Mars Hill

Men
Oct. 11 – Thomas Gibson, Mars Hill
Oct. 18 – Maks Minichowski, Catawba
Oct. 25 – Andres Bodington, Mars Hill

WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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