The good news just keeps on coming for freshman Andrew Turk. On Sunday, Turk learned that he will be the 24th and final swimmer on Tufts' conference championship roster; yesterday, he found out that he is also the men's swimming NESCAC Performer of the Week.
Turk earned the honors after an excellent performance this past weekend at the Wheaton Invitational. He won the 200−yard breaststroke, earned second place in the 200−yard freestyle with the tenth−best time in the conference, swam the first leg of the first−place 400−yard freestyle relay, and swam the eighth fastest time in the conference for the first−place 400−yard medley relay team. All of his times were personal bests.
"This past weekend is probably one of the best weekends I've had in my life," Turk said. "All the guys were behind me 100 percent, and that just made me more confident and able to walk up to the blocks and think, ‘I got this.' I was just really ecstatic about all of it and really grateful to all the guys."
Tufts had a great weekend at Wheaton across the board, but coach Adam Hoyt chose Turk because he felt Turk could score the most points at the conference meet in breaststroke events as well as freestyle relays.
Turk's honor is Tufts' second such award this year. Junior Owen Rood was also named NESCAC Performer of the Week on Jan. 24.
The Jumbos are now beginning their preparation for the NESCAC championships, which will be held at Bowdoin College from Feb. 25−27.
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