MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) has announced the Kwik Trip Athletes of the Week for the week of January 26-February 1. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's swim and dive's Erika Schroeder has been named the Women's Swimming Athlete of the Week by anonymous vote of WIAC head coaches and Sports Information Directors.

Erika Schroeder helped the Blugolds defeat the Warhawks 229-67 with a pair of individual event wins and two relay event wins. Individually, Schroeder placed first in the 200-yard freestyle with a season best 2:03.54 finals time. Schroeder also placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:14.67. In addition to her individual success, Schroeder helped the Blugolds place first in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay with splits of 25.23 and 29.98 respectively.