2001-02 WIAC
Men's Swimming & Diving
Athletes of the Week

Week of Feb. 4 - 10
Swimming
Mike Moran, Senior (Brown Deer), of UW-Oshkosh
Moran won three events in the Titans' dual meet against Eau Claire. He won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.19. The time established a school record and also was a 'B' cut qualifying time for the NCAA Division III Championship. Moran also won the 200 breaststroke in 2:10.09 and the 500 freestyle in 5:06.91.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Matt Oglesby, Senior, Lake Geneva (Big Foot)
UW-La Crosse, Ethan Kaercher, Sophomore, Mt. Horeb

Diving
Chris Hansman, Sophomore (Neenah), of UW-Oshkosh
Hansman won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events in a dual meet against Eau Claire. He won the one-meter with a score of 271.75, which qualified him for the NCAA Division III Championship. He won the three-meter event with a score of 292.45.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Dan VonFeldt, Junior, Lancaster

Week of Jan. 28 - Feb. 3
Swimming
Matt Oglesby, Senior (Lake Geneva/Big Foot), of UW-Eau Claire
Oglesby won two individual events and helped the 200 medley relay team to a victory in a dual meet against Whitewater. He achieved a B cut time in winning the 100 backstroke in 52.59 seconds, which was more than six seconds better than the second place effort of 58.80 seconds. Oglesby also won the 200 freestyle in 1:45.97.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Michael Devitt, Senior, Middleton
UW-River Falls, Brandon VanVleet, Sophomore, Grandy, Minn. (Cambridge-Isanti)
UW-Stevens Point, Erik Johnson, Sophomore, Albert Lea, Minn.

Diving
Justin Steele, Sophomore (Hastings, Minn.), of UW-La Crosse
Steele won the one and three-meter competition in a dual meet at Stevens Point. He won the one-meter with 175.00 points and the three-meter with 185.25 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Dan VonFeldt, Junior, Lancaster

Week of Jan. 21 - 27
Swimming
Erik Johnson, Sophomore (Albert Lea, Minn.), of UW-Stevens Point
The Pointers won five events as they hosted the 10-team Get To The Point Invitational and Johnson had a part in all five. He won the 100-yard freestyle in 47.86 and the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.51. He also took part in three first place relays, the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Trevor Rowlands, Sophomore, Sheboygan (North)

Diving
No nominees.

Week of Jan. 14 - 20
Swimming
Michael Devitt, Senior (Middleton), of UW-La Crosse
Devitt won two events in La Crosse’s 109-101 dual victory over Oshkosh. He won the 100 freestyle at 49.48 and the 200 freestyle at 1:48.40. Both times were season-bests for the Eagles.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Chris Smith, Senior, Fort Atkinson
UW-Oshkosh, Mike Moran, Senior, Brown Deer

Diving
Chris Hansman, Sophomore (Neenah), of UW-Oshkosh
Hansman won four diving events over the weekend. In a double dual against Carthage and Lawrence, he won the one-meter and three-meter with scores of 280.00 and 287.85, respectively. The Titans won both dual meets. Against La Crosse Saturday, he won the one-meter event with a score of 255.75 and the three-meter event with a 258.35.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Dan VonFeldt, Junior, Lancaster

Week of Jan. 7 - 13
Swimming
Chris Smith, Senior (Fort Atkinson), of UW-Eau Claire
Smith won the 200-yard individual medley by 5/100ths of a second in 2:04.48 and placed second in the 200 backstroke with a 2:07.64 clocking in a dual meet against St. Olaf (Minn.). Both times just short of a season best in those events. He also swam on the Blugolds’ 400 medley relay team which was second in 3:47.52.

Also nominated:
UW-Stevens Point, Andy Kanetzke, Freshman, Menomonee Falls

Diving
None selected.

Week of Dec. 10 - 16
No competition.

Week of Dec. 3 - 9
Swimming
Anthony Harris, Senior (St. Paul, Minn.), of UW-Stevens Point
Harris won two individual events and swam on a winning relay team to lead the Pointers to a fourth-place finish at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational. He won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 50.47, surpassing the NCAA Division III “B” cut qualifying time. Harris also claimed the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.33. He was also a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team, which took first place with a time of 7:01.73.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Mike Carroll, Sophomore, Green Lake
UW-La Crosse, Michael Devitt, Senior, Middleton
UW-Oshkosh, Justin Lease, Sophomore, Chilton

Diving
Dan VonFeldt, Junior (Lancaster), of UW-Eau Claire
VonFeldt won both the one and three-meter diving events in a dual meet with La Crosse. He scored a 230.80 on the one-meter board and 207.70 on the three-meter board. His previous top effort on the one-meter board was a 184.00.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Chris Hansman, Sophomore, Neenah

Week of Nov. 26 - Dec. 2
Swimming
Matt Oglesby, Senior (Lake Geneva/Big Foot), of UW-Eau Claire
Oglesby helped the Blugold men win the four-team Titan Invitational with individual wins in the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 200 backstroke. His 100 back time of 52.21 was a national B cut qualifying time. He won the 100 fly by more than 2.5 seconds in 52.33, the 100 back by more than 3.5 seconds in 52.21 and the 200 back by more than 4.4 seconds in 1:59.21. He also swam on four winning relays.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Andrew Multerer, Senior, Rubicon (Hartford)
UW-Oshkosh, Mike Moran, Senior, Brown Deer
UW-Stevens Point, Erik Johnson, Sophomore, Albert Lea, Minn.

Diving
David Bahr, Senior (Sheboygan/South), of UW-Oshkosh
Bahr won the one-meter diving and placed second in the three-meter diving as Oshkosh placed third in its own four-team invitational held November 30 and December 1. Bahr won the one-meter diving with a score of 381.50 points and placed second in the three-meter diving with a count of 427.75.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Scott Heatwole, Freshman, Port Washington

Week of Nov. 19 - 25
No competition.

Week of Nov. 12 - 18
Teams participated in WIAC Relays.

Week of Nov. 5 - 11
Swimming
Mike Moran, Senior (Brown Deer), of UW-Oshkosh
Moran won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:04.32 and the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:16.84 in the Titans’ dual meet against Whitewater.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Matt Oglesby, Senior, Lake Geneva (Big Foot)
UW-La Crosse, Ethan Kaercher, Sophomore, Mt. Horeb
UW-River Falls, Chad Goetsch, Freshman, Plymouth

Diving
Chris Hansman, Sophomore (Neenah), of UW-Oshkosh
Hansman won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events in a dual meet against Whitewater. He won the one-meter with a score of 256.25 and the three-meter with a tally of 256.75.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Scott Heatwole, Freshman, Port Washington

Week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
Swimming
Matt Oglesby, Senior (Lake Geneva/Big Foot), of UW-Eau Claire
Oglesby achieved a B cut qualifying time in the 100 backstroke with a 52.82 leadoff in the 400 medley relay which the Blugolds won with a 3:37.96 clocking, less than a second ahead of Stevens Point whom they have not beaten in that event for many years. He also won the 50 freestyle in 22.17 and took second in the 200 butterfly in 2:00.29.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Michael Devitt, Senior, Middleton
UW-Oshkosh, Casey Carlsen, Sophomore, Waukesha (North)
UW-River Falls, Chris Borman, Freshman, Chippewa Falls
UW-Stevens Point, Peter Nowak, Sophomore, New Berlin

Diving
Dan VonFeldt, Junior (Lancaster), of UW-Eau Claire
VonFeldt won the three-meter diving event with a 224.65 score compared to the 197.95 total of teammate and runner-up Scott Heatwole. He also placed second on the one-meter board with a 184.00.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, David Bahr, Senior, Sheboygan (South)
UW-La Crosse, Justin Steele, Sophomore, Hastings, Minn.

Week of Oct. 22 - 28
Swimming
Peter Nowak, Sophomore (New Berlin), of UW-Stevens Point
Nowak won two individual events as the Pointers routed Oshkosh in a dual meet, 142-93. He won the 1000-meter freestyle in 10:49.51 and the 500-meter freestyle in 5:09.55.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, David Zahate, Freshman, Waukesha (North)

Diving
David Bahr, Senior (Sheboygan/South), of UW-Oshkosh
Bahr won the three-meter dive with a score of 255.65 in a dual meet against Stevens Point. He also placed second in the one-meter dive with a score of 248.3.

Also nominated:
No other athletes were nominated.

Week of Oct. 15 - 21
Swimming
Mike Moran, Senior (Brown Deer), of UW-Oshkosh
In a 69-29 dual meet win over River Falls, Moran took first in three events. He won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:05.02, the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.56 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.59.

Also nominated:
UW-River Falls, Brandon VanVleet, Sophomore, Grandy (Cambridge)
UW-Stevens Point, Erik Johnson, Sophomore, Albert Lea, Minn.

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