Christian Garcia Named NE10 Men's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Week

Men's Swimming & Diving 11/3/2026 2:06:00 PM

Christian Garcia Named NE10 Men's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Week

SCSU Men's Swimming and Diving standout Christian Garcia was named the Northeast 10 Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Week as announced by the NE10 on Tuesday Nov. 3. This was Garcia's first Rookie of the Week selection in his career.

Against Division I competitors CCSU and Wagner on Friday, Garcia swam the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard fly. In the 500-yard freestyle Garcia swam a season best 4:57.15 which is a 39.71 second time drop from his previous season high. Garcia's time gave him a fourth place finish at the meet and the time ranks 17^th in the NE10. In the 200 fly, Garcia swam a 1:57.83, which earned him a second place finish at the meet. Garcia's time ranks sixth in the NE10.

Southern Connecticut is back in action on Sat Nov. 7 as they travel to Staten Island, NY to compete against the College of Staten Island and East Stroudsburg University in a tri-meet beginning at 1pm. The Owls return home on Friday Nov. 13 to host Worcester Polytechnic Institute in their first dual meet of the season at 6:30pm.

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