Wheeling Swimming Sweeps MEC Swimmer of the Week Honors After Twin Meet Sweep of Salem

Wheeling, W. Va. – The Wheeling University Men’s and Women’s Swimming groups had a bounce again week within the pool with each groups taking down Salem on Wednesday. The Cardinal swimmers have been rewarded for his or her efforts on Monday when the Mountain East Conference (MEC) launched their weekly Swimmer of the Week awards, introduced by The Healthplan. Wheeling Men’s Swimmer Felix Norlin was introduced because the Male Swimmer of the Week, whereas Women’s Swimmer Niki Chrysafi was named Women’s Swimmer of the Week. 

After falling the Saturday earlier than to Davis & Elkins, the Wheeling Swim groups welcomed in Salem for his or her closing residence meet of the primary half on Wednesday. Both groups would begin out robust with wins within the 400-Yard Medley Relay, and from there they’d proceed to construct on the day. On the ladies’s facet, the Cardinal swimmers would dominate the sector with 9 wins, eight particular person swims and one relay, as they cruised to a 134-57 victory. It improved their MEC document to 2-2 heading into the Malone midseason invitational as they proceed climbing the convention standings. On the lads’s facet, it was a backwards and forwards race all through the evening, coming all the way down to the ultimate swim. In the top, the Cardinals have been in a position to squeak out a win 103-102 to maintain their profitable document in convention play alive. The Cardinals would lock up 4 win, three particular person, as they rounded out the massive effort within the pool. 

Felix Norlin received his second MEC Male Swimmer of the Week award of the season after being a part of two of these 4 Cardinal wins. He would begin his day within the 400-Yard Medley Relay, the place he swam within the Breast Stroke portion of the race. He would assist the foursome take the highest spot, swimming the breast stroke portion in 58.68, with a time of three:38.45. His particular person victory would come within the 200-Yard Individual Medley, the place he would find yourself swimming a private finest. He completed in a time of two:01.25 to complete just below 5 seconds sooner than the remainder of his match discipline. He rounded out the day within the 100-Yard Breaststroke, the place he took 2nd general with a time of 1:01.00 as he rounded out a giant day within the pool. 

Niki Chrysafi would take residence her first MEC Female Swimmer of the Week award of the season after main the ladies within the pool. She could be part of three of her workforce’s 9 wins on the day, together with two particular person wins within the effort. Her finest swim of the day would come within the 200-Yard Individual Medley, the place she set a season finest with a time of two:21.12 to start out off her particular person day. She would additionally take the highest spot within the 100-Yard Backstroke, the place she would swim a time of 1:02.56 to take the highest spot within the discipline. In the relay scene, Chrysafi would tackle the 400-Yard Medley Relay, the place she served because the leadoff leg of the race. She would assist the workforce take the highest spot by just below 20 seconds, swimming a time of 4:12.64 to kick-off the occasion robust. 

Norlin and Chrysafi take residence the twenty first and twenty second convention participant of the week award for a Wheeling University student-athlete this season. Felix Norlin earned the third Male Swimmer of the Week award for the workforce, profitable two himself, becoming a member of teammate Segmen Duygun, whereas Niki Chrysafi took residence the primary Female Swimmer of the Week award of the season. Last week, Wheeling Wrestler Gavin Harper was honored because the MEC Co-Wrestler of the Week. 

The Wheeling University Swimming workforce returns to motion on Thursday, November twentieth, after they compete on day one of many Malone Midseason Invitational.