Men's Swimming & Diving
Athletes of the Week

Week of Nov. 9 - 15
Swimming
Brent Schwartz, Senior (Waukesha/South), of UW-Stevens Point
Schwartz secured two individual wins at the Border Battle hosted by UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 13-14.  He lead a trio of Pointers by winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.76, almost a full second ahead of the second- place finisher.  Schwartz also captured the win in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.35

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Jon Poppele, Sophomore, Maple Grove, Minn. (Wayzata)
UW-Oshkosh, Dalton Anderson, Freshman, Elkhorn
UW-River Falls, Mars Delgado, Freshman, Northfield, Minn.

Diving
Phil Devine, Sophomore (Winnebago, Ill.), of UW-Oshkosh
Devine dove to a pair of first-place finishes in UW-Oshkosh’s 155-84 home loss to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 14.  He won the one-meter diving with a score of 292.30 and the three-meter diving with a mark of 296.05.  Both diving events featured five competitors.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

Week of Nov. 2 - 8
Swimming
Justin Dembski, Sophomore (Wales/Arrowhead), of UW-La Crosse
Dembski won the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:18.94) and finished second in the 400-yard individual medley (4:36.32) at the Northfield (Minn.) Invitational on Nov. 7.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

Diving
Trey Edgerle, Sophomore (Franksville/Racine Case), of UW-La Crosse
Edgerle won the one-meter competition (401.20 points) and placed second in the three-meter competition (411.90) at the Northfield (Minn.) Invitational on Nov. 7.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

Week of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1
Swimming
Kevin O’Brien, Senior (Hastings, Minn.), of UW-River Falls
O’Brien set a school record in the team’s 151-110 win at Macalester College (Minn.) on Oct. 30.  He established the record in the 100-yard butterfly and finished first with a time of 54.2.  O’Brien won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.44 and the 50-yard butterfly in 24.77, while being a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that placed first in 1:45.75.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Matt Engelhardt, Freshman, DeForest

Diving
Tim Kuckuk, Freshman (Plymouth), of UW-Oshkosh
Kuckuk won both diving events as UW-Oshkosh opened its season with a 109-95 victory over Carroll University (Wis.) on Oct. 31 in Oshkosh.  He posted winning scores of 224.43 in the one-meter diving and 171.30 in the three-meter diving.  Arthur Thomas of Carroll University finished second in both events, counting 168.23 points in the one-meter diving and 155.25 in the three-meter diving.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

Week of Oct. 12 - 25
Swimming
Ben Macalalad, Junior (Wausau/East), of UW-Eau Claire
With the Blugolds defeating NCAA Division II opponent Minnesota State University-Mankato 124-117 on Oct. 16, Macalalad won both the 500-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard freestyle.  He finished the 1,000-yard event in a time of 10:29.74, almost 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field, while he won the 500-yard with a time of 5:04.02. 

Also nominated:
UW-River Falls, Mels Delgado, Freshman, Northfield, Minn. & Ray Carlos, Sophomore, Bloomington, Minn. (Kennedy)

Diving
Nick Badilla, Freshman (Appleton/North), of UW-Eau Claire
Badilla helped the Blugolds to a 124-117 victory over NCAA Division II Minnesota State University-Mankato on Oct. 16, winning both the one and three-meter dives. In the one-meter, he won with 221.5 points, while he took the top spot in the three-meter event with 220.75.

Also nominated:
No other individuals were nominated.

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