Males’s Swimming & Diving: Adlianitski, Wettig acknowledged with GNAC weekly honors after robust season opener

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University males’s swimming & diving crew opened the 2025-26 season in acquainted style with extra convention recognition, as junior Kristian Adlianitski (Cheshire, Conn.) and sophomore Gabe Wettig (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) earned GNAC Swimmer of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively, as introduced by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) on Monday afternoon.

The Cadets returned to the pool on Saturday for his or her season debut on the Keene State Sprint Pentathlon, a particular meet construction that compiled outcomes from 5 sprint-distance rances, together with the 50-yard butterfly, 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke, 50-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard IM, into one mixed time per athlete.  The day additionally included 200-yard medley and freestyle relays.

Adlianitski picked up proper the place he left off final season, defending his particular person title on the pentathlon with a profitable composite time of two:37.89.  He claimed first place in three of the 5 occasions, together with the 50-yard breaststroke (27.54), 50-yard freestyle (22.04), and 100-yard IM (56.56), whereas additionally inserting third within the 50-yard butterfly (24.89) and fourth within the 50-yard backstroke (26.86).  The reigning GNAC Swimmer of the Year shaved practically three seconds off his 2024 profitable whole to kick off his junior marketing campaign.

The weekly honor is the fifth of Adlianitski’s profession after a four-award haul in the course of the 2024-25 season.  As a freshman, he additionally earned 4 GNAC Rookie of the Week picks.

Wettig impressed in his collegiate debut, ending tenth total within the 50-plus athlete discipline with a complete time of two:54.15.  He logged finishes of eleventh within the butterfly (26.50), tenth within the backstroke (29.19), 14th within the breaststroke (32.00), ninth within the freestyle (24.33), and tenth within the IM (1:02.13).  Wettig additionally contributed to a pair of relay squads, main off Norwich’s 200-yard medley relay crew that completed fourth total, and anchoring the third-place 200-yard freestyle relay.

His Rookie of the Week honor is the primary of his profession and retains Norwich’s streak of recognition within the class alive after Drew Bylow (Monroe, Mich.) notched seven GNAC Rookie of the Week awards in 2024-25.

Norwich will make its dwelling debut on Saturday, Oct. 25, when the Cadets welcome GNAC opponent Regis College to Goodyear Pool for an 11:00 a.m. meet.  The conflict marks the beginning of a three-meet homestand that features Husson University on Nov. 1 and Maine Maritime Academy on Nov. 8.