Linfield junior swimmer Gavin Smith has been honored by the Northwest Conference as the Student Athlete of the Week in a release on Monday afternoon. In a weekend swim meet against Pacific Lutheran, Smith impressed over several different events.
 
The Bremerton, Wash. native came in first place in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.10) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.49). His time in the 500 registers as fifteenth best in the Northwest Conference this season. Smith also participated on the 400-yard freestyle relay team, which placed second at the meet with a time of 3:24.69.
 
A product of Klahowya Secondary school, Smith is the son of Diana Petersen and Steve Smith and is majoring in applied physics.
 
The Linfield swim team came out victorious in last weekends' meet against Pacific Lutheran with the men registering a score of 114 and the women coming in with 120.