WEST POINT, N.Y. –After leading the men’s swim and dive team with six of 14 first-place finishes, Chris Szekely was named Athlete of the Week by the Army Athletic Association on Monday. The cow draws the accolade for the first time of his career after the swim and dive team defeated Patriot League foes Lehigh and Bucknell over the weekend.
The Doylestown, Pa., native raced to two individual first-place victories and swam the fastest legs in each of the four first-place team relays. Individually, Szekely earned 18 points for Army against the Bison with wins in the 50 free (21.13) and in the 100 free (46.24), which were back-to-back events. He helped the Black Knights earn 18 more points by swimming the fastest legs of the first-place 200 medley and 400 free relay teams that afternoon over Bucknell. Read More