Males’s Swimming & Diving: Clark, Ansell earn Swimmer, Rookie of the Week, Adlianitski named to Honor Roll

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University males’s swimming & diving workforce added to its rising listing of convention accolades on Monday afternoon, as junior Andrew Clark (Acworth, Ga.) earned GNAC Swimmer of the Week honors for the primary time in his profession, freshman Max Ansell (Red Bank, N.J.) was named GNAC Rookie of the Week, and junior Kristian Adlianitski (Cheshire, Conn.) was chosen to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll.

The Cadets picked up six occasion victories in a 180-104 street meet at Division II Saint Michael’s College on Saturday, showcasing depth throughout the dash, distance, and stroke occasions.

Clark delivered a breakout efficiency within the butterfly occasions, sweeping each races with commanding margins.  He claimed the 200-yard butterfly in 2:00.77, greater than 5 seconds away from the sector, earlier than returning to win the 100 fly in 55.02.  Clark additionally contributed on Norwich’s high relay squad, swimming the third leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay that capped the meet with a 1:30.59 end, almost 1.5 seconds forward of Saint Michael’s A workforce.

Ansell posted his strongest twin meet so far with scoring efforts throughout breaststroke, freestyle, and each relay codecs.  The rookie earned a third-place end within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.51), Norwich’s high consequence within the occasion, and added a top-five time within the 100-yard freestyle.  He additionally dealt with breaststroke duties on the Cadets’ A-relay within the 200 medley and later competed on Norwich’s B-relay within the 200 free, reinforching his worth as a dependable all-around contributor.

Adlianitski continued to tempo Norwich within the sprints, securing wins within the 50-yard freestyle (22.29) and 100-yard freestyle (49.32), each by slender however convincing margins.  He led off the Cadets’ 200-yard freestyle relay to victory, teaming with Clark, Drew Bylow (Monroe, Mich.), and Adrian Riendeau (Ridgecrest, Calif.) to outpace the Purple Knights by almost a second and a half.

Norwich has now earned GNAC weekly honors in 5 of the primary six weeks of the season, with 5 completely different Cadets receiving recognition this fall, together with Clark, Ansell, Adlianitski, Bylow, and Gabe Wettig (Ballston Spa, N.Y.).

The Cadets return to competitors this weekend on the North Country Invitational, hosted by SUNY Potsdam.  The two-day meet begins on Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:00 p.m., and continues by means of Saturday, Nov. 22.