ACC Weekly Honors: Erika Palaez, Kaii Winkler Lead Awards

Within the seventh set of weekly honors for the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Convention Swimming & Diving season, NC State’s Kaii Winkler was named ACC Males’s Swimmer of the Week, whereas Louisville’s Mack Molloy was named the ACC Males’s Diver of the Week. NC State’s Erika Pelaez was named the ACC Girls’s Swimmer of the Week, whereas Duke’s Keira Lu was named the ACC Girls’s Diver of the Week. 

ACC MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

Kaii Winkler, NC State, So. (Miami, Florida)

Completed first in seven occasions during which he swam in opposition to No. 13 Ohio State and No. 15 Virginia Tech.
100 free: 41.43
200 free: 1:32.51 (NCAA Lower)
100 IM: 48.03
200 free relay: 19.67 break up (NCAA Lower)
200 free relay: 19.00 break up
400 free relay: 41.67 break up
400 medley relay: 39.55 break up
Completed third within the 50 fly twice (20.98, 20.83).

ACC MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK

Mack Molloy, Louisville, Jr. (Fort Value, Texas)

Completed first within the 1-meter (361.00) in opposition to No. 21 Kentucky.
NCAA Zone Lower
Completed first within the 3-meter (364.88).
NCAA Zone Lower
Completed third within the 1-meter (333.90) in opposition to No. 25 Notre Dame.
NCAA Zone Lower

ACC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

Erika Pelaez, NC State, So., (Miami, Florida)

Completed first in 9 occasions during which she swam in opposition to No. 11 Ohio State and Virginia Tech.
200 free: 1:44.83 (NCAA Lower)
200 again: 1:51.32
100 IM: 54.08
400 IM: 4:08.42 (NCAA Lower)
200 free relay: 21.59 break up
200 free relay: 21.38 break up
400 free relay: 47.38 break up
200 medley relay: 23.32 break up
400 medley relay: 52.04 break up
Completed second within the different 4 occasions during which she swam.
50 fly: 23.41
50 fly: 23.65
50 fly: 23.46
100 fly: 52.66

ACC WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK

Keira Lu, Duke, So. (Victoria, BC, Canada)

Completed first within the 1-meter dive (303.75) in opposition to Northwestern.
NCAA Zone Lower
Completed first within the 3-meter (330.00).
NCAA Zone Lower

ACC Males’s Swimmer of the Week

Sep. 30 – Michel Arkhangelsky, Florida StateOct. 7 – Nikita Sheremet, LouisvilleOct. 14 – Thomas Heilman, VirginiaOct. 21 – Kaii Winkler, NC StateOct. 28 – Brendan Whitfield, Virginia TechNov. 4 – Michel Arkhangelsky, Florida State | Filip Kosinski, LouisvilleNov. 11 – Kaii Winkler, NC State

ACC Males’s Diver of the Week

Sep. 30 – Charles Berman, Duke | Chris Booler, North CarolinaOct. 7 – RJ Snyder, SMUOct. 14 – Luke Sitz, SMUOct. 21 – Max Fowler, Georgia TechOct. 28 – Luke Sitz, SMU | Gunnar Grubbs, StanfordNov. 4 – Luke Sitz, SMUNov. 11 – Mack Molloy, Louisville

ACC Girls’s Swimmer of the Week

Sep. 30 – Maryn McDade, Florida StateOct. 7 – Summer time Osborne, SMUOct. 14 – Anna Moesch, VirginiaOct. 21 – Eneli Jefimova, NC StateOct. 28 – Claire Weinstein, CaliforniaNov. 4 – Julia Dennis, LouisvilleNov. 11 – Erika Pelaez, NC State

ACC Girls’s Diver of the Week

Sep. 30 – Keira Lu, Duke | Lanie Gutch, North CarolinaOct. 7 – Macey Oppliger, SMUOct. 14 – Keira Lu, DukeOct. 21 – Kayleigh Clark, Florida StateOct. 28 – Grace Courtney, Notre DameNov. 4 – Kayleigh Clark, Florida StateNov. 11 – Keira Lu, Duke