NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – George Washington’s Andrew Cho and Saint Louis’ Grant Streid were named the Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Co-Performers of the Week, while George Mason’s Jacquee Clabeaux was named Women’s Performer of the Week. George Washington’s George Aspougalis and Stine Omdahl Pertersen earned Men’s and Women’s Rookie of the Week honors, the league announced Tuesday. The awards are for events completed Nov. 18-24.
Cho led the Colonials at the Queens University Fall Frenzy Invite, highlighted by a win in the 100 back in a season-best time of 48.56 seconds. The senior from Palo Alto, CA, was runner-up in a tough field in the 200 back at 1:48.09. Both of the backstroke times were the best in the A-10 this season. He also landed an 18th-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 21.09, and he was part of four relays, as well, highlighted by a third-place showing in the 400-yard medley relay finishing at 3:17.80.
The senior from Peoria, Ill., swam in the final of three individual events at Northwestern's TYR Invitational, placing second in the 200 fly at 1:48.14, third in the 100 fly with a time of 48.59 and sixth in the 100 free in 45.50. He also was a member of the Billiken’s highest-placing relay team, the 200 free that placed third at 1:22.49. He scored in the 200 IM with a 10th place finish at 1:50.93, 100 back in 10th at 49.87 and 50 free coming in 13th at 21.18.
Clabeaux, a junior from Fairfax, Va., won two individual events at the Patriot Invitational. She took the top spot on the podium in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:00.69 and won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:13.56. She was also a member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team that set a new meet record with a time of 7:29.74.
Aspougalis continued his tremendous debut season with a pair of individual runner-up finishes at the Queens University Fall Frenzy Invite. The Serres, Greece, native took second in the 100 breast in 54.89 seconds and the 200 breast in 1:59.74. Both were A-10 season-best times. He also placed 15th in the 200 IM in 1:54.93 and was part of four relays, topped by a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay at 3:17.80.
Stine Omdahl Petersen put together an excellent meet at the Queens University Fall Frenzy, highlighted by a record-breaking effort in the 100 breast. The freshman from Rykkin, Norway, took down a six-year-old George Washington mark with her time of 1:02.97, best in the A-10 this season, to take third in the event. She was fifth in the 200 breast in 2:18.97 and qualified for B finals in both the 200 IM at 2:06.96, finishing 15th and 100 fly touching 57.49, placing 16th. She contributed to a GW record swim in the 400-yard medley relay that finished in 3:43.49 for third-place, plus a second-place effort in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:41.80.