Unas, Pike Receive GNAC Weekly Men’s Swim Awards
WINTHROP, Mass. – For the fourth consecutive time and fifth week overall, the Regis College men's swimming and diving team has swept the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly awards, announced Monday by the league office.
Senior Joshua Unas (Santa Clarita, Calif.) has been named the Male Athlete of the Week for the third time this season. Freshman Brendan Pike (Weymouth, Mass.) becomes the third Pride swimmer to earn Male Rookie of the Week honors this year.
Unas led Regis with the top time in three individual events during the Pride's dual meet victory over Colby-Sawyer Saturday. Unas finished first in the 50 breaststroke in 30.34 seconds and in the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.40, plus he posted the fastest time in the 100 individual medley at 59.92 seconds. He also swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay as the squad posted a total time of 1:46.79.
Pike earned two individual event victories Saturday to help Regis cruise to a dual meet win over Colby-Sawyer. Pike posted a season-best time of 1:55.87 in the 200 freestyle and a time of 5:12.40 in the 500 freestyle, finishing first in both events. Thanks to his effort Saturday, Pike is now 14th in the all-time top times list for the 200 freestyle.
Regis closes the regular season next Saturday, Jan. 19, against Elms College at the Regis Aquatics Center starting at 12 p.m.