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Bladel Named The Summit League Swimmer of the Week

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Junior won two events and set personal-record in Saturday's dual meet

MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois' Brennan Bladel has been named The Summit League's Swimmer of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday (Oct. 16). Bladel is the first Leatherneck men's athlete to earn Swimmer of the Week since Chris Neaveill in 2016.
 
A native of Davenport, Iowa, Bladel was the only Western Illinois swimmer to win two events in Saturday's (Oct. 13) dual meet with Northern Iowa, Valparaiso and South Dakota State. The junior touched first in the 200-back (1:55.64) before setting a personal-record in taking the 200-IM (1:57.87).
 
The Davenport North High School product also narrowly missed first place in the 200-free with his time of 1:43.89 marking second by just .84. Bladel also teamed with Connor Owens, Samir Almhiemid and Adam Peterson to notch a win in the 200-medley relay (1:37.30).
 
Western Illinois next competes in a dual meet on Saturday (Oct. 20) at IUPUI in Indianapolis.

 
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