This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is sophomore swimmer Olivia Aitkin. Last week in the Big 8 Swimming championships at Taisean Aquatics Center at Duke University, Aitkin finished 7th in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:14.94. Aitkin also finished 13th in the 50 yard freestyle at 27.53 seconds. Aitkin joined Sydney Reavely, Abbygale Pearce and Sydney Lanier in the 200 yard freestyle relay where they finished in the top 10. This could very well be a year where Aitkin makes All-Big 8 Conference in three different sports. Last fall, Aitkin was named to the All-Big 8 Conference in women’s golf. Now, she’s preparing for softball season, which is her top sport.Aitkin was a member of the 2019 Big 8 Champions, where she hit .462 with 15 runs scores. She also earned a win as a pitcher. In the circle, Aitkin threw 25.2 innings and struck out 24 batters.

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