Wheaton Sweeps Swimmer of the Week Honors

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Tyler Dobelbower and Veronica Seger of Wheaton were named Swimmers of the Week in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Tuesday in voting conducted by the CCIW swimming coaches.

Doberlbower, a senior from Topeka, Kan., won the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.92, the 200 Back with a time of 1:51.12, and the 100 Back with a time of 51.26 during the Wheaton Invitational over the weekend. All of the times were NCAA qualifying marks. In addition, this was the fourth year in a row that Dobelbower has won three events in NCAA time at the Wheaton Invite.

Seger, a senior from Prior Lake, Minn., advanced to the finals in the 200 Fly (2:10.02) and the 100 Fly (58.86) at the Wheaton Invite. Both times were a PR for Seger and both missed the NCAA B cut by less than a tenth of a second. Seger also led off the 400 Free Relay that achieved a time of 3:32.01 in which Seger clocked a PR time of 53.82.

2005-06 CCIW Swimmers of the Week

Men’s Swimmer of the Week
Tyler Dobelbower- Wheaton (12/6/05)
Ethan Cramer- Wheaton & Steve Schrank- Carthage- (11/23/05)
Ivan Manolov- Carthage (11/15/05)
Steve Schrank- Carthage (11/8/05)
Matt Cupp- North Central & Tim Linn- Wheaton (11/1/05)

Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Veronica Seger- Wheaton (12/6/05)
Katlin Marko- Wheaton (11/23/05)
Kara Bryant- Millikin (11/15/05)
Tricia Biedron- Carthage (11/8/05)
Renee Shear- Wheaton (11/1/05)