ALFRED, NY -- Alfred University's Rihards Kagis (Kekava, Latvia/British School Muscat) earned his first Empire 8 Weekly honors as one of the Men's Co-Swimmers of the Week on Monday.

First-year swimmer Kagis had an impressive showing in a tri-meet against the University of Rochester and in a dominant defeat of Fredonia. He was part of the winning team in the 200-medley relay, clocking in at 1:36.82. He also managed to come back in the 100-backstroke to tie for first with a time of 53.77. Finally, he wrapped up the meet with another win in the 200-back, coming in at sub-two minutes with a 1:57.69.

Kagis was joined in the Empire 8 Weekly listing by Gillian Dickerson (Frisco, TX/Wakeland) as the Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Week.