Males’s Swimming & Diving: Bylow named Swimmer of the Week, Wettig collects fourth Rookie award, Adlianitski lands on Honor Roll

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University males’s swimming & diving group continued to pile up early-season recognition from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), as sophomore Drew Bylow (Monroe, Mich.) earned his first-career GNAC Swimmer of the Week award, sophomore Gabe Wettig (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) was named GNAC Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season, and junior Kristian Adlianitski (Cheshire, Conn.) landed on the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll, as introduced by the league workplace on Monday afternoon.

The Cadets capped their fall residence slate with a 124-93 win over Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday morning inside Goodyear Pool, closing out an ideal three-meet homestand behind robust mid-meet performances and a trio of key contributors.

Bylow powered the Cadets all through the morning, gathering a pair of particular person wins and serving to lead Norwich to an early relay victory.  He opened with a 1:51.00 end within the 200-yard freestyle and later added a win within the 50-yard butterfly (24.43), pacing each occasions from begin to end.  Bylow additionally led off the Cadets’ 400-yard medley relay squad, which posted a 3:46.96 to take first and set the tone.

The weekly honor is the primary GNAC Swimmer of the Week plaudit of Bylow’s profession, after incomes a program-record seven Rookie of the Week nods in the course of the 2024-25 season.

Wettig turned in one other all-around effort within the victory, scoring in three occasions.  He positioned second within the 100-yard freestyle (52.21) and took third within the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.27), earlier than anchoring the Cadets’ profitable 400-yard medley relay group.  The honor marks his fourth GNAC Rookie of the Week choice.

Adlianitski remained a fixture within the dash occasions, notching a pair of particular person wins to anchor the Cadets’ front-line pace.  He claimed high honors within the 50-yard freestyle (22.23) and 100-yard freestyle (49.93), whereas swimming the breaststroke leg within the Cadets’ victorious medley relay group.  The Honor Roll nod is his first after incomes Swimmer of the Week plaudits twice earlier this season.

Norwich has now earned GNAC weekly recognition in 4 of the primary 5 weeks of the season.  Four totally different Norwich swimmers have been honored this 12 months, with Bylow, Adlianitski, Wettig, and Andrew Clark (Acworth, Ga.) all receiving recognition.

The Cadets will return to motion on Saturday, Nov. 15, touring to face Saint Michael’s College in a twin meet at 11:00 a.m., earlier than heading to SUNY Potsdam the next weekend for the two-day North Country Invitational.