Oakland's Sean Broadbent and Danielle Ward have been named the Mid-Continent Conference Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week after posting solid performances in dual meets last week. Broadbent posted a pair of first-place finishes for Oakland in a dual meet against Michigan State. He won the 50 freestyle in 21.00, and captured the 100 free in 46.33. Broadbent also won the 100 free in 46.67 in a dual meet at Notre Dame, and was part of the 200 medley relay team that beat the Irish in a time of 1:34.97. Ward won the 1,000 freestyle in a dual meet against Miami (Ohio) in a conference season-best time of 10:18.10. Ward???s efforts beat the previous league-best time that she had posted in that event this year by nearly ten seconds.