Wyse Named GNAC Men's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week
WINTHROP, Mass. - Senior Jacob Wyse (Broad Brook, Conn.) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's swimming and diving team was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Athlete of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon in its second swimming and diving weekly report of the 2021-22 season. It marks the third career GNAC weekly award for Wyse, including the second GNAC Athlete of the Week nod, who was also named the GNAC Rookie of the Year for the 2018-19 season.
Wyse defended his title and won the Blue Jay Pentathlon for the third consecutive season that USJ has hosted the event en route to picking up GNAC Athlete of the Week honors. This past Friday night, Wyse posted the lowest combined time (5:03.78) amongst all of the competitors who contested in the five 100-yard events inside the Bruyette Natatorium to earn the victory. In route to the first-place finish, he recorded four first-place swims out of the five events, winning the 100 Breaststroke (1:05.77), 100 Backstroke (1:00.38), 100 Freestyle (53.89), and 100 IM (1:02.99).
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Wyse and the Blue Jays will look to continue their momentum with another home meet, this one a dual meet on Friday, October 29 at 6:00 p.m. against the Cadets of Norwich University, held on the campus of USJ.
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