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Staten Island Duo Sweeps CUNYAC/OAI Men's Swimming and Diving WeeklyHonorsNikolay Shevchenko touched the wall in first place during four of his swims last week.FLUSHING, N.Y. - The City University of New York Athletic Conference and OAI Graphics announced their weeklymen's swimming and diving award winners for the period of Jan. 10-16, and a pair of College of Staten Islandstandouts received accolades. Senior Nikolay Shevchenko took home Athlete of the Week praise, while teammateand freshman Danila Novikov was selected as Rookie of the Week. This duo helped the Dolphins to a pair of dualmeetvictories last week -- against Drew and CUNYAC rival Lehman.CUNYAC/OAI Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the WeekNikolay Shevchenko, Staten IslandSenior, Free/FlySiberia, Russia/KrasnoyarskShevchenko touched the wall first in four of his five swims during the Dolphins' 2-0 week (1-0 CUNYAC).At Drew (Jan. 11), he placed first with a time of 50.86 in the 100 Freestyle, while also swimming on thevictorious 400 Medley Relay squad (3:36.02). Against Lehman (Jan. 15), Shevchenko placed first in the100 Butterfly (59.82) and the 500 Freestyle (4:51.87), while placing second in the 50 Freestyle (23.02).CUNYAC/OAI Men's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the WeekDanila Novikov, Staten IslandFreshman, Free/IMRussiaNovikov went 6-for-6 in his swims last week for the Dolphins, including four individual showings and tworelay performances. Against Drew (Jan. 11), Novikov's name read first on the scoreboard in the 1,000Freestyle (10:28.29), the 200 Individual Medley (1:58.70) and the 400 Medley Relay (3:36.02). Four dayslater versus Lehman, Novikov won the 50 Free (20.54), 100 Free (49.64) and swam on the winning 200Free Relay squad (1:40.11).Honorable MentionGabriel Yanez, Baruch (School-record 4:39.87 in the 400 Freestyle vs. Lehman)Page 78 of 157