WILMINGTON, N.C. - With both the men and women's program off the tremendous starts, UNC Wilmington is ranked in the top-10 of Collegeswimming.com's mid-major rankings released on Tuesday. The men are ranked fifth, while the women check in at eighth.

The Seahawk men have rushed out of the gates with a dual meet record of 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association. Their lone loss of the season was in the opener at Duke.

The women have been impressive too, fashioning a record of 7-2 overall and 3-1 in the league. Their losses have been to Duke and defending CAA champion and second-ranked Towson.

Six different Seahawks own top times in the CAA on the men's side. Sophomore Alex Aguilar owns the top mark in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 21 seconds set last weekend against the College of Charleston. Joining Aguilar as event leaders in the conference are sophomore Mike Smiechowski (1650 Freestyle), junior Bobby Guntoro (100 Backstroke), junior Tucker Waldron (100 Butterfly), senior Bennett Rainey (200 IM) and sophomore Gavin Spake (400 IM).

Senior Caitlin Kirsteier has been the leading swimmer for the Lady Seahawks. A three-time CAA Swimmer-of-the-Week, Kirsteier is ranked 12th nationally with a conference-leading time of 54.80 in the 100 Butterfly.

UNCW will take a break from dual meet action this weekend when it visits Fairfax, Va., for the Patriot Invitational, hosted by George Mason. The meet runs Nov. 20-22.