Yankee Ford LEC Women’s Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week: January 26, 2026 1/26/2026 4:36:28 PM Swimmer of the Week Ella Smith (Chicopee, Mass.) - Senior - Western New England Smith was victorious in each of her three individual events as the Golden Bears downed LEC-rival Westfield State, 158-103, winning the 200-yard freestyle (2:00.19), 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.38) and 100-yard IM (1:01.75). Her times in the 100 breaststroke and 100 IM were her best of the season, and rank her No. 1 in the LEC. Smith additionally took the breaststroke leg for the winning 200 medley relay (1:58.09). Diver of the Week Cailey Simard (Haverhill, Mass.) - Senior - Bridgewater State Simard was victorious on the one-meter board in the Bears dual meet against Babson, putting up a score of 250.15 points. Rookie Swimmer of the Week Bella Shrewsbury (Lynnfield, Mass.) - Freshman - University of New England Shrewsbury won the 50-yard freestyle (27.45) and was runner-up in the 200 backstroke (2:30.48) in the Nor’easters’ 171-69 dual meet win over LEC-rival UMass Dartmouth Saturday. She additionally took the freestyle leg for the winning 200 medley relay (2:01.43) and swam the leadoff leg for the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:51.43). Rookie Diver of the Week Sienna DeLucia (Wallingford, Conn.) - Freshman - Bridgewater State DeLucia was runner-up on the one-meter board in the Bears dual meet against Babson, putting up a score of 238.40 points.