For the first time in his career, senior breaststroke swimmer Matt O’Hagan was named Summit League Male Athlete of the Week.

O’Hagan finished first in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events, which helped the Panthers finish in second place at this past weekend’s Tunica Invitational. In addition to his individual victories, O’Hagan also swam the second leg on the Eastern 200-meter and 400-meter medely relay team, both of which the Panthers won.

With a time of 58.75 seconds in the 100-meter breaststroke, O’Hagan is currently ranked fifth in the Summit League standings. His 2:12.76 time in the 200-meter breaststroke also ranks No. 8 in the Summit League standings.

Head coach Elliot McGill was pleased with O’Hagan’s performance.

“Matt had a very solid meet this past weekend,” McGill said in a press release.

He said he is glad to see all of O’Hagan’s work in practice finally paying off.

“During our training trip he really began to perform well in practice and that training definitely carried over into him having a really solid meet in Tunica,” McGill said, in a press release. “Matt has set himself up to have a very successful career and year here.”

The Panthers will compete again this weekend against Ball State on Friday and at home against Western Illinois on Saturday.

Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-7942 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.